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[Seventy] 


Times 


Seven 


"By Miss L. G. Moberly 


(Continued) ° 


During the early hours of the night, 
when the storm was at its worst, 
Daphne lay awake, and the night was 
far advanced before ahe sank into an 
uneasy slumber, haunted by visions of 


Marjory’s white, frightened face, as) 


she had seen it earlier in the even- 
ing. 

Marjory’s words kept repeating 
themselves in her brain, “I am afraia, 
I am afraid,” and Hugh, too came into 
her dream in sonfe disturbing fashion 
which she could never quite compre- 
hend. In the bewildering ‘mazes of 
dreamland she seemed to be strug- 
giing to help Hugh and Marjory in 
some great and overwhelming danger, 
from which she was always just too 
late to rescue them, and she would 
wake panting and breathless only to 
try and reassure herself by saying 
she was overtired, and that the storm 
must have had some pernicious ef- 
fect upon her nerves, too. Whilst 
it was at its worst, just before mid- 
night, she crept to Marjory’s “aoor, 
afraid lest Denis’s widow should be 
suffering from the same fear which 
had haunted her so strangely when 
ehe came in from her walk. But the 
door was locked, and though Mar- 
jory’s voice replied to Daphne's in- 
quiries in tones which sounded ner- 
vous and strained, she did not open 
her door or express any wish for com- 
pany. 

“T shall be all right,” she called out, 
“don’t bother about me,” and Daphne, 
feeling that she had done all that was 
required of her, had crept back to bed, 


only to be disturbed over and over 
again by those same _ harassing 
dreams. Indeed, she had enjoyed no 


restful sleep at all, and the grey light 
of dawn was only beginning to steal 
into her room when she started into 
wakefulness so complete that to lie in 
bed was no longer possible. She felt 
restless, anxious, distressed, without 
knowing why, and she rose, dressed 
and went downstairs assailed by an 
intense longing for the fresh air. The 
storm had cooled the atmosphere, a 
fresh breeze was blowing, and the 
Bun crept above the rim of the world, 
newly washed by the storm of the 
night. As Daphne sauntered down 
the paths, her foosteps leading her 
aimlessly now in this direction, now 
in that, the birds were chattering and 
chirping, and she paused sometimes 
to watch the starlings scuttling across 
the lawn or to smile at a fat and im- 
portant looking thrush wrestling with 
the early worm in the wet grass. 
Raindrops hung on every bush and 
flower. The daisies looked half 
drowned as they opened sleepy eyes, 
and a shower dropped from ‘the 
drenched roses as they lifted their 
heads to the sun, and sent out whiffs 
of fragrance. There was a scent of 
lilies on the air, and the sweetness of 
the summer morning sent a pang of 
pain through Daphne's heart. 

“If only everything was not just the 
same,” she whispered—‘“the birds, the 
flowers, the sunshine—all the same 
and all glad, and all the glory has 
gone out of my life.” Trying to stifle 
the rebillious thought, she quickened 
her steps, intending to go into the 
meadow and hunt for mushrooms, 
which were her aunt's favorite deli- 
cacy. She pushed open the Wishing 
Gate and was hurrying along the path 
beyond, when she stopped short with 
an exclamation of horror. Stretched 
across the path in front of her, his 
face upturned to the sky, his eyes 
closed, his face the color of death it- 
self—lay Hugh Brentwood—silent, 
unconscious, dead? The last word 
forced itself into Daphne’s brain like 
the tolling of a passing bell. and with 
an articulate cry she dropped on her 
knees beside the still form, and took 
one of the limp and lifeless hands 
{nto her own. 





CHAPTER XXIIL. 
Vanner’s Opportunity 

“We are ruined. Granny and I have 
nothing to live upon, nothing at all.” 

“Nothing to live upon? Oh, there 
must be some mistake.”’ Vanner look- 
ed into Myra’s troubled face with eyes 
scarcely less troubled than her own. 
“Surely there is something left? 
Things cannot be as bad as all that.” 

“They are just as bad as they can 
be.” Myra answered. “Mr. Drew, 
grandfather’s lawyer, has just been 
here, and he - ys that practically no- 
thing will be saved. Granny will have 
about forty pounds a year—no 
more.” 

“And you?” 

“Il have nothing. Nothing but what 
TI can earn for myself. I don't feel <s 
if 1 could quite take it in yet. It has 
come as such a stunning blow.” Tho 
two stood in the bright little drawing 
room of the Drakes’ cottage, the room 
which the old doctor had delighted to 
make charming, to be, as he said, a 
fit setting for that perfect jewel, his 
wife. These words recurred to Myra's 
mind now, as she stood beside Venner 
in the bow window; and the furniture 
the pictures, the soft colored chintzes, 
all ran together in the blinding mist 
of tears that dimmed her eyes. 

“The Darlings did love this room,” 
she said, “it ran the study very close, 
and though I believe grandfather's 
study was their favorite place, they 
had a very warm place in their hearts 
for Granny’s drawing room, They 
had picked up all the furniture by 
degrees, as they could afford to buy it, 
and they loved every bit of it; and 
grandfather delighted in the view 




















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from this window. When Granny 
wasn't sitting in his armchair in his 
study, he had a way of creeping in 
here. He never could bear her out of 
hig sight for long, and they had not 
been away from one another for 





her altogether.” The girl’s voice 
broke, and Vanner came a step nearer 
to her. 


“Surely we can't think that,” he 


said, and in his voice there was a ring | y, 


of assurance that made Myra life her 
head and look into his face, “the peo- 
ple who had loved each other as those 
two loved could not really be parted. 
He has not left her altogether, in fact 
1 don't believe he has left her at all.” 

“Then do you believe the people we 
have loved, and who are dead,-ars still 
with us?” 

“I am sure of it. 
us and who have died are never far 
away from us. 
After all, it is the spiritual part of us 
and of our love that really matters, 
and the spiritual part of us does not 
die. I believe those two dear old peo- 
ple are as near to each other as they 
ever were. No—lI ought to say they 
are nearer to each other now than 
they have ever been.” 

“I believe that is how Granny feels 
about it,” Myra said thoughtfully, “she 
has such a wonderful look in her eyes, 
as if she could see something she has 
never seén before; and when I came 


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way is “ Regulated” by 
The Government 


The following letter appeared in the 
innipeg Telegram, under date of 
{March 10: 

Sir.—Now thet the railways, manu- 
facturing and commercial industries 
|have been properly regulated by var- 
ious federal enactments, it has o7- 
curred to ono of the representatives 
{in pa.liament that the hitherto un- 
regulated industry , of agriculture 


‘Those who love | Should receive more attention and be 


regulated on similar logical lines and 
it is understood that a bill on the 
| following lines will be introduced in 
the parliament of Canada: 

In Senate, March 23, 1916. 

The people of Canada, represented 
in senate and commons do enact as 
follows: 

An act to amend agricultural law, in 
relation to prices of produce, use of 
{safety devices, and employment of 
{hired men: 

Section 1. The agricultural law is 
hereby amended by adding after sec- 


home after—the funeral, she was sit-| ion 318, nine new sections to be sec- 


ting in her armchair by the open win- 
dow with such a smile on her face, b 
felt as if I had come into a Holy of 
Holies. And, do you know what she 
said to me?” Myra’s voice dropped 
into an awestruck whisper. 

“Tell me,” Vanner answered, his 
eyes never leaving her fae. 

“She said: ‘My dear, I think the 
marriage service makes a mistake 
when it says, “Till Death us do part.” 
Death does never-part a real husband 
and wife. 
not separated; we are more perfectly 
one, 

“J am sure she is right, and I be- 
lieve that 
children, have a nearer knowledge of | 
the Unseen than we others,” Van- 
ner answered simply. Then for many 
minutes they were silent, until Myra 
said: 

“But now that Mr. Drew has told us | 
about the money, I have to think! 
what to do about the dear Granny. 
We have to face the question of ways 
and means, aad it is a dreadful pro-) 
blem.” ¢ | 

“Has she cny relations who could 
help her?” 

“None. I am her only belonging, 
and though I am willing, more than 
willing to work like 4 slave for her, | 
I have no profession. I have never 
had. ap opportunity of learning to do 
anything but take care of the Darl-| 
ings. And yet now I must certainly 
find work of some sort or kind.” 

“You—mustn’t work,” Vanner ex- 
claimed almost roughly, a sudden hun- 
ger leaping into his eyes as he looked | 
at her face, “there must be another | 
way than that out of the difficulty. 
You mustn't work.” 

“I must do something, and do it 
quickly,” Myra answered, not under- 
standing his reception of her words, | 
“we cannot possibly live on forty 
pounds a year. As it is we shall be| 
obliged to give up this house, and—I 
am afraid all the treasured bits of) 
furniture must be sold.” 

“Oh, we must try to avoid that,” 
Vanner exclaimed, “the dear old lady 
must be spared such a grief.” 

“I wish I could spare her,” Myra’s 
voice sounded lifeless and dull, “but 
one must look at things practically, 
and though I have been thinking of 
this question in every light, looking 


Death is not separation.’” }of his goods and gear. 


old people, like very little | permit 


tions 319, 320, 3.1, 322, 323, 324, 326, 
326, 327, to read as follows: 

Section 319. Only one price for a 
‘given commodity shall be lawful. A 
jfarmer desiring to change a wroduct 
shall file a schedule thereof with the 
/agricultural department, which shall 
go into effect thirty days thereafter, 
unless suspended by the commissioner 
at the instance of any consumer. 

No prices shall be increased, how- 
ever, except upon due proof, the bur- 


My dear man and I are/ den thereof shal] be upon the farmer 


that existing prices are confiscatory 
In its discre- 
tion the commissioner may refuse to 
any such increase until a 
valuation by its engineers and ac- 
countants shall hav. been taken. In 
such valuation the farmer shall have 
no credit for ,ast profits invested .0 
new fields or improved structures, but 
shall be allowed only original cost 
plus borrowed money invested. 

“Commodity” as used herein, in- 
cludés all crain, vegetables, livestock, 
dairy articles, excepting sand, gravel 
and manure. 

Section 320. Every hired man shall 
work only eight hours & day, not -n- 
cluding the .abbath, and shall not 
commence work unless he has com- 
pleted a period of not less than eight 
hours absolute rest and quiet. He 


}shall not work on the Lord’s Day nor 


on legal holidays nor on Jack Love's 
birthday. 

Section 321. Every farmer shall hire 
one more hired man than his work 
requires. The only permissible excep- 
tions to the foregoing sections shall 
be periods of stress resulting from 
earthquakes, Halley’s comet or Kurop- 
ean invasion. 

Section 322. All wagon and all pole 
and whiffle trees shall be provided 
with couplers, couplir : by intact, so 
that the hired ma. need not go _e- 
tween the wheels of the wagon and 
the heels of the horses. 

All wagons shall be supplied with 


and platforms of standard dimensions 
to be fixed by the commission. 

Section 323. All bulls when moving 
on the highway. or in unfenced areas, 
shall be equipped with a bell of not 
less than 60 pounds weight, a steam 
whistle and an electric headlight of 
at least 1,000 candle power. 





at it in every way. I cannot see how 
we could manage to keep house and 
furniture. The sale of the things 
would bring us something, and with 
the money from the sale, I could per- 
haps find rooms somewhere for Gran- 
ny and get work myself.” 
(To. be Continued) 
Experimental Farms 

F. C. Elford, head of the poultry 
branch of the Central Experimental 
Farm, Ottawa, is planning to have 
flocks of poultry established at all 
the branch experimental farms. 
Heretofore, these have only been 
kept at the Central Farm. Fifteen of 
the branch farms will have flocks 
placed on them this year and the 
other ten farms will be supplied later 
on. At some of the branch farms 
only one breed will be kept, and that 
the one which is most popular in the 
neighborhood. At Cape Rouge, Que., 
Barred Rocks will be kept; at the 
Nova Scotia farm White Leghorns, 


Section 324. Sheds shall be built 
over all fields where hired men have 
to work in summer. 

Section 325. All fields, engines ana 


machinery shall be fenced in, all 
belting shall be encased in metal 
housings and all grindstones and 


churns, haycutters, bulls’ horns and 
other moving parts shall be strongly 
encased in sheaths for the protection 
of the hired man. 

Section 326. All barns, sheds and 
other buildings shall in cold weather 
be adequately heated and at all times 
shall be well lighted and policed. 

If a calf is delayed in arriving or is 
born dead, the farmer shall instantly 
provide another cow whose calf shall 
be born that day. . 

The commissioners’ inspector shall 
weekly inspect all gasoline automo- 
biles. If a cyclinder is missing he 


must find it before he runs on the/ag a result of her long standing al- 


road again. ' 
Section 327. The right to mortgage 
rea) estate is a franchise reserved to 


Barred Rocks, Wyandottes and|the state. No farmer shall make any 
Rhode Island Reds; at the Prince|mortgage nor incur any indebtedness 
Edward Island Farm, Leghorn and|extending over a period of more than 


Barred Rocks, with the former prob- 
ably eliminated later on. At the Brit- 
ish Columbia Farm, in a province 
Wi.ere the White Leghorn was once 
so popular, there are now four or five 
times as many calls for Rocks as for 


Leghorns, and Rocks will be the chief 


flock kept at the Experimental Farm 
there. 
Customer—But why have rabbits 
gone up so in price? They’re wild 
ones, aren’t they? 
it’s the cost of keeping them! 
Shopkeeper—No, mum, but the 
truth is, 








caruidges to kill ‘em. 


“Did she get her husband at the bar 
second hand 


gain counter or the 
store?” . 
“He looks it.” 
“Well, which one?” 
“Neither; 


Recrultng Official—One gran’tather | 
Is he on your father’s or) ressing than a stitch in time. 


living? 
mother’s side? 


Recruit—Oh, 'e varies, sir; ’e sticks 


up for both on 'em—a sort o’ nootral. 





Sleigh—I see he writes typewrit- 


ten letters to his lady? 


Spy—Sure, she’s taken up studying 


character by handwriting. 


since the best shots have 
gone to the war, it takes so many 


fone month without the written appro- 


val of the commission obtained upon 


petitioin and hearing and upon paying 


the state treasurer ten cents for eacn 
one hundred dollars’ indebtedness, In- 
debtedness incurred without such con- 
sent shall be: void. 

To enforce this act a commission of 
five persons shall be selected by the 
governor with a view to placating as 
many shades of political opinion as 
possible. No commission shall, how- 


So you can’t say|ever, be deemed disqualified by lack 


jof previous political opinion, or other 

| experience. 
Section 2. 

immediately. 


This act shall take effect 


SAR KASTIC. 
Winnipeg, March 9. 


It takes an average of at least one 
and a half men to keep one fighting 
man supplied with munitions, stores, 
clothes, accoutrements, ships to car- 


‘the bar of injustice.” | ry him, and 80 on. 





A stitch in the side is more dis- 


suitable brakes, grab irons, stirrups | 





203 Receive Hearty Support ot 
, Religious Organizations 


The Two Hundred and Third bat- 
talion. had its inception in the. chal- 
lenge of the minister of militia, who, 
when speaking of the many applica- 
tion for chaplaincies, said that the 
ministers ought to organize a fight- 
ing battalion, 

The thought was presented by one 
of the leading ministers of the city 
that the resources of church organ- 
izations might-be more adequately 
used than they have been for recruit- 
ing purposes. It was pointed out 
|that there were nearly four hundred 
circuits of the Methodist church 
alone in Military District No. 10, and 
that while many had already sup- 
plied a large number, in some cases 
hundreds of recruits, yet there were 
many who were not directly affected, 
and it was seen that a large force 
might be brought to bear on the. 
problem of recruiting, if these agen- 
cies could be organized and directed. 


A further suggestion was made 
that an effort might be made to fill 
up a, new battalion, whose chief 


characteristic would in no way be 
secular or sectarian, but that repre- 
senting the thought of the churches 
it should be a dry battalion, This 
Wag very heartily received wherever 
mentioned, both in civil and military 
quarters. Furthermore, it was pre- 
sented before the Methodist minis- 
terial association, as also before the 
convention, representing the Sunday 
school and Young People’s organiza- 
tions of our province, and Rev. W. B. 
Caswell, pastor of the Broadway 
Methodist church, was urged an. 
authorized to present this offer to the 
minister of militia, Sir Sam Hughes. 
It was heartily received, and the 
Two Hundred and Third was duly 
authorized, with Lieut-Colonel J. 
Hansford as the commanding officer. 
Mr. Caswell was given the position 
of honorary captiin to assist in 
directing recruiting and later on to 
assume the duties of the chaplaincy, 
and the organization is now about 
complete. 

Lieutenant F. Percy Lloyd, son of 
Principal Lloyd, of the Emmanuel 
college, Anglican, represents the Two 
Huncred and Third, with headquar- 
ters in the Canada building at Saska 
toon. In order that the battalion 
should be as representative as pos- 
sible of Military District No. 10, Mr. 
T. W. Fawcett, of Saskatoon, was 
appointed paymaster. Captain W. 
R. -Green of Moose Jaw is opening 
a recruiting office in that district 
for Southern Saskatchewan, 

The battalion very much appreci- 
ates the generosity of the Great West 
Permanent Loan, in placing the top 
floor of their building at the disposal 
of the battalion for headquarters. A 
good start has been made already up 
here. A platoon of Wesley college 
boys is lined up under the senior 
stick, Lieut. W. A. Carrothers. The 
Royal Templars are organizing a pla- 
toon under Lieut. J. H. Kennedy, and 
‘they believe taht they can even do 
| better than this, and have some am- 
bition for a company. i 

The young men of Grace church 
are lining up in an effort to fill up a 
platoon. A. C. Hill, former Y.M.C.A. 
|secretary of Brandon, is opening up 
an office there,, and is endeavoring 
{to line up a piatoon in that'city and 
surrounding territory. — Winnipeg 
Telegram. : 


Why Portugal 
kntered the War 


She Was Fulfilling Obligation of 
A 500-Year-Old Treaty 
With Britain 


Portgual entered the war, the Portu. 
guese iegation at Washington states, 
because Great Britain requested her to 
do so, to fulfil treaty obligations dat- 
jing back to 1373. Portugal did not 
jenter the war before, the Portugal 
|minister announced, because Great 
Britain had fWot-called on her to do so, 

A statement outlining Portugal's 
|} position issued by Viscount De Alte, 
/the Portuguese minister, reads: . 
“Portugal is drawn into the war 











liance with Enyiand, an alliance. that 
has withstood unbroken the strain 
of 600 years. 

“The first treaty of alliance be 
tween the two. countries was con- 
cluded June 16, 1373, by Ferdinand 
of Portugal and':Edward III. of 
England. Subsequent’ treaties have 
affirmed the alliance and defined its 
scope. It rests on a secure and 
permanent foundation. The’ foreign 


policies anu the interests of the 
countries have almost invariably 
proved to be identical, and these 


idezls of ‘heir peoples have never 
clashed. The dawn of the eigh- 
teenth century (1703) found the sold- 
iers of Portugal and those of Eng- 
land fighting side by side in the 
war of the Spanish succession. At 
the beginning of the nineteenth cen- 
tury, Portuguese and British bled 
together on the battlefields of the 
Peninsula in the tremendous strug- 
gle brought about by the Napoleonic 
invasions of Portugal. 

“It would seem as if the opening 
years of the century must see for 
the third time these two allied na- 
tions engaged side by side in bitter 
arbitration of wu’. 

“Like Belgium, Portugal desires 
nothing that belongs to any other 
nation, she has nothing- to gain, and 





much to lose in the present con- 
flict. But she is ready, notwith- 
standing, to aid England to the full 
extent of her \resoufces—whether 
great or small—because the treaties 
in force @oimpel her to do so, and 
because her pédple firmly “believe 
that international good faith as evid- 
enced by ,the_ fulfillment of treaty 
obligations, .which is the principle 
for which reat Britain. is fighting 
provides the only basis on which in- 
tercourse between. civilized. nations | 
can securely stand. ‘- 

“Portugal is not prepared to sub- 
scribe. to. thé. doctrine, engendered .by 
militarism, that good: faith must be 
made ‘subservient to expediency, 
and that the interests of one -na- 
tion may legitimately be fostered at 
the expense of the rights of others 
whenever bacxed by sufficient force. 
It is, moreover, impossible to gain- 
say, after considering impartially all 
the published evidence, that the 
government labored solely, nay even 
passionately, to avert the war. 

“In these circumstances, Portu- 
gal could not refuse her aid to her! 
ancient ally who has now called 
upon her to fulfil her treaty obli- 
gations. She it ready to stand or 








fall by the principles for which the 
British empire is fighting.” 
Saxons Hate Prussians ‘ 

Y Was in the front line trenches not 
long ago, and we had a Saxon regi- 
ment opposite us. The enemy lines. 
were very close to ours, and one 
morning, to our great amusement, 
we saw the following notice written 
out in English and ‘stuck up on « 
board above the enemy- parapet: “A 
Prussian general is coming to in- 
spect us at two o’clock today; please 
shoot him.” LPs, 2 

During the course of the afternoon 
a “certain liveliness” was displayed 
on both sides, which, however, sub- 
sided about four. We wondered how 
tlie general had enjoyed our shrap- 
nel salvoes, and we were not, kept. 
long in ignorance.’ Our friends the: 
waggish Hun, put up another poard,. 
bearing the following terse message,. 
“You did not get him.” 

After some days a further plece of’ 
information was vouchsafed us, with 
a farewell injunction, which ran: “A 
Prussian regiment is relieving us to- 
morrow. Give them hell!” 

I hope we did. 








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we consider the number of cows kept. 
dn 1911 there were 2,594,174 cows, an 
ncrease of 185,502 compared with the 
ecensus of 1901. The increase in the 
mumber of cows during the ten years 
‘was only 7 per cent., but the total in- 
ecreased milk production for the same 
geriod was 43 per cent. 

The keeping and study of records 
ils held to be largely responsible for 
vthe improvement in quality and in 
view of the excellent results it is 
q@egrettable t.at more dairymen do 
mot keep tab on the individual pro- 
duction of his cows. It costs a little 
4n time and money but it is time and 
«money well invested. Without con- 
widering the increased number of 
cows the production was still in- 
creased during this period to the 
walue of about $25,000,000. This is cuf- 
dicient to warrant considerable time 
‘peeing spent on testing. 


Something In That 

John—Just one more kiss, darling, 
@efore we say good-bye. 

Mabel—Oh, John, you've had enough 
—wait till tomorrow night. 

John—Delays are dangerous; to- 
morrow night I may be dead, or— 
gOu may have ben eating onions. 
EEE 


MORE THAN EVER 


Increased Capacity For Work 








Many former tea and coffee drink- 
@rs who have mental work to perform 
day after day, have found a better 
«capacity and greater endurance by us- 
4ng Postum. A woman writes: 

“I had drank coffee for about twenty. 
gears, and finally had what the doctor 
called ‘coffee heart,” I was nervous 
and extremely despondent; had little 
mental or physical strength left; had 
kidney trouble and _ constipation.” 
(Tea is just as injurious because it 
contains caffeine, the same drug tound 
dn coffee). 

“The first noticeable benefit which 
followed the change from coffee to 
Postum was the improved action of 
the kidneys and bowels. In two 
weeks my heart action was greatly 
dmproved and my nerves steadier, 

“Then I became less despondent, 
and the desire to be active again 
showed proof of renewed physical and 
mental strength. 

“I formerly did mental work and 
fad to give up on account of coffee, 
but since using Postum I am doing 
hhard mental labor with less fatigue,” 
Name given by Canadian Postum Co., 
Windsor, Ont. 

Postum comes in two forms. 

Postum Cereal—the original form— 
must be well boiled, 15c and 25c pack- 
ages. 

Instant Postum—a soluble powder 
--dissolves quickly in a cup of hot 
water, and, with cream and sugar, 
makes a delicious beverage Instantly, 
80c and 60c tins, 

‘Both forms are equally delicious 
and cost about the same per cup. 

“There's a Reason” for Postum. 

—sold by Grocers. 
——————————————_—_— ES 
W. N. U. 1088 





‘ports of the life of allied prisoners 


‘| Saxony,” one . 




















Prisoners of War. 
In Germany 


He ‘Adedrdall Britieh 





Treatme 
One heats’ many contradictory re- 


of war in Germany, and it is hard 
to know how, much of the good one 
hears is due to the fear of the cen- 
sor and haw-much to the locality in 
which the prisoner is confined.. “Ia 
report. says, “whose 
men have provid gentlemanly foés on 
the battlefield, conditions are as good 
as can be expected; but in the north, 
in Prussia, the ingenuity of cruelty 
and neglect would be unbelievablie if 
it were not true.” bs ta 

Of the petty and continudus insults 
received, apart from the real depri- 
vations, one exchanged prisoner 
writes: 5 ; 

“If letters arrived with stamps on 
them, they were never ‘delivered till 
the stamps bearing the king’s head 
was solemnly and carefully .cut in 
half. Petty, wasn’t it? Then news- 
papers were distributed full of al- 
lied disasters, which they said were 
directly . translated from . English 
newspapers, but we just laughed and: 
said: ‘It’s all’a pack of lie,’ which 
made them stamp with rage. Some- 
times grand Prussian officers would 
march through the wards (the writ- 
er was a wounded prisoner),. and 
when they were told this in English 
they'd say through their teeth, 
‘schwein,’ and pass on. 

“But the food,” he went on, “or 
the lack of it, wags one of the worst 
things.” We couldn’t even make tea, 
as they wouldn’t give us ‘boiling wat- 
er. So we let the tap run until ft 
was as hot as it would go and then 
made cocoa!” : 


He Feels Like a 
Young Fellow 


WHY MANITOBA MAN PRAISES 
DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS 
After Experimenting With | Other 
Medicines Max HanJook Found in 
Dodd’s Kidney Pills the Cure That 

He Sought. 


Pleasant Home, Man.—(Special).— 
Mr. Max Hanjook, a well known resi- 
dent of this place, who, after an ex- 
tended period of ill-health is feeling 
strong and hearty again, is spreading 
broadcast the good news that he found 
a new lease of youth in Dodd's’ Kid- 
ney Pills. 

“I tried all kinds of other pills, bué 
they didn’t help me very much,” Mr 
Hanjook says. “But Dodd’s Kidney 
Pills‘have made me feel like a differ- 
ent man, I feel like a young fellow 
again. I want everybody to know that 
Dodé’s Kidney Pills have done ..for 
me everything that hag been claimed 
for them.” f 

Dodd’s Kidney Pills make men and 
women fee] young again because they 
spread good health all over the body. 
Dodd’s Kidney Pills act directly. on 
the kidneys. They made the kidneys 
strong and healthy and thus put them 
in condition to strain all impurities, 
all the seeds of disease, out of the 
blood. The cleansed blood circulating 
all through the body gives new 
strength and energy everywhere. 
That’s why Dodd’s Kidney Pills are 
popular all over Canada, 














High Finance 
“Another new hat. You should real- 
ly save your money with the price of 
everything going up.” 
“But why? The longer I have it, 
the less I can bu; with it.” 


WHEN BABY IS ILL 


When baby is ill no other medicine 
will so quickly relieve him as will 
Baby’s Own Tablets. They go right 
to the root of most childhood ailments 
—those derangements of the stomach 
and bowels which cause difficult teeth- 
ing, colds, constipation, vomiting and 
simple fevers. They cleanse the bow- 
els and sweeten the stomach and drive 
out all cause of illness, Concerning 
them Mrs. Wm. Evers, Gilks, N.B., 
says: “We always keep a_ box of 
Baby’s Own Tablets in the house as 
we have found them an excellent medi- 
cine for little ones.” The Tablets 
are sold by medicine dealers or by 
mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. 
Williams’ Medicine Co, Brockville, 
Ont. 





Saved by Orthography 

In the British army, when a soldier 
is confined in the guardroom, for an 
offence, a written copy of the crime 
is invariably handed to the command- 
er of the guard. The other day a non- 
commissioned officer and a party cf 
men were detailed for a certain 
fatigue. The corporal having given an 
order, One of the men seemed disin- 
clined to obey, when, after having re- 
buked him sharply, he shouted in 
angry tones: “It’s a good job for you, 
me lad, that I can’t spell insubordina- 
tion, or I'd shove you in the guard- 
room sharp.” 


Dangers of Cat Kissing 

It must be a terrifying revelation, 
to those ladies who kiss their cats, 
that has been made by Professor 
Fiocel, the Italian. chemist. He has 
found by experiment that when a cat 
licks its lips it spreads over them ‘a 
saliva in which there are swarms of 
minute bacilli not free from danger 
to human beings. When he inoculat- 
ed rabbits and guinea-pigs with this 
noxious substance they died within 
twenty-four hours; and he has come 
to the conclusion that it ia dangerous 
for ladies to indulge in the habit of 
kissing their cats. 





A farmer in a small way walked in- 
to the offices of one of the fire insur- 
ance companies and intimated that he 
wished to insure his barn and a 
couple of stacks. 

“What facilities have you for extin- 
guishing a fire in your village?” in- 
quired the superintendent of the of- 

ice. 

The man scratched his head and 
pondered over the matter for a littls 


while. Eventually, he answered:— 
\*Well, it sometimes raine"—Tit-Bits. 


| he 


vin tet chia | Sin + 


te iy 
There are souls, like stars, that dwell 


apart bi. 
In a fellowship firmament; 
‘There are pioneer souls that blaze 






House By the Side 
HERB, arb hermit souls that live 
‘withdrawn, «- . 


: In the place of their self. con- 
nt; 


+ their paths. " : 


Where thé highways, hever ran— __- 
But Jet.me live by ‘the side of the |. 


‘ Toad ; ? 
j And be’ a friend to man. 


Let me live in the house by the side of 


\ the foad _ ., zi 

Vhere..the: race of’then go by— 

he men who are-good, and the men 
who :aré’ bad, * 


‘As good .and bad: as I. 
T would ‘not sit’ in the .scorner’s seat, 


Or hurl. theeynic's pan 

Let me live in the house by the side 
* ‘of the road 

And be a friend to man. 


I see from my house by the side of the 


road 
By the side of the highway of life, 
The men who presg with. the ardor of 
, hope, .. . 
Thé'mén who are faint. with the strife 
But i turh not away from their smiles 
‘ nor their tears — 
Both parts of ah infinite plan— 
Let me live in my house by the side 
~* of the road 
And be a friend to man. _ 


Let me live in the house;by the side of 

; the road- Te 

Where the race of men go by— a 

They are good, they are bad, they are 
weak, they are strong; 

Wise, foolish—so am I. 

Then why should I sit in the scorner’s 
seat, : 

Or hurl the .cynic’s ban? 

Let me live in the, house by the side 
of the road 

And be a friend to man. . 
"""" —Sam > Walter Foss. 


If All Played Out, 
. . ¥ . . . 
Try This Prescription 

When that overpowering weariness 
and a never-rested feeling comes over 
you, it shows ‘some’ serious disorder 
is ‘undermining your health. The cure 
is simple. Build up the system and 
nourish tlhe body back to health by 
pure wholesome plood.’ 

The one. sure means of doing this 
is with Dr. Hamilton’s Pills. ' They 
are a marvellous aid to appetite—con- 
vert all ‘you eat into nutriment ‘and 
tissue-building material. Thus a weak 
body. is supplied with new nerve fibre, 
hardy, ‘muscle and firni flesh. Lasting 
good health is sure to.follow: If you 
really: watit to get well and stay well, 


use Dr. Hamiiton’s ‘Pills, 26¢ per box 
at all dealers. . 











/The-man who’ waits for opportunity 
to knock finds the waiting good. 


APill for Brain) Workers.—The 
man who, works .with his” brains is 
more liable to derangement of. the 
digestive system than the man who 
works with his hands, because the one 
calls upon his nervous energy. while 
the other applies only his muscular 
strength. Brain fag begets irregulari- 
ties of the stomach and liver, and, the 
best remedy that ‘can be used is Par- 
melee’s .Vegetable Pills. ‘They are 
specially compounded for, such, .cases 
and all those who use them’can certi- 
fy to their superior power. : 





A young reporter who took. his first 
check.,to the bank and w&s asked by 
the cashier to endorse it on the back, 
wrote: “I heartily endorse this check.” 





In the train of Alexander the Great 
during his Asiatic conquests. were 
some observant. persons ‘who made 
notes of what th y saw, when not too 
busy killing off the ‘inhabitants, and 
in these written documents is told 
the story of “a reed growing in India 
which produces honey. without bees.” 
Thus sugar cane evidently was well 
known in that part of the world in 
230 B.C. _ ; 

An Island: of Bones 

Alaska has her skeletons—not mere 
reminders of exploitation, but real 
bones. They are on the Pribilof Is- 
lands over an area a mile long, a mile 
wide and many feet deep. Secretary 
of Commerce Redfield points out their 
value as fertilizers, and if grinding 
and transportation facilities can be 
found, here ig an important material 
that will go a great way toward) meet- 
ing our needs tor phosphorus and nit- 
rogen for the soil. 

It seems that many generations of 
Seals dying on the coast of the Prib- 
ilof Islands have laid up this reserve 
of fertilizer which has been discover- 
ed just at the time when we ueed, it 
most. Despite the many surveys that 
have been made for fertilizing mater 
ial’ critical need ts still té be met by 
the new discovery. The day of our 
starvation. as the.result’of an improv- 
poverished and barren soil is thus 
pushed into tie more remote future.— 
The Country Gentleman.: 


Family Affair 

“So, my daughter has consented to 
become lyour wife. Have you fixed 
the day of the wedding?” 

“[ will leave that to her: 

“Will you have @ church or a pri- 
vate wedding?” meat : 

“Her mother can decide that.” 

“What have you to live on?” 
“I will leave that entirely to you, 
sir.” 





Switzerland will be compelled to 
charter trans-Atlantic ‘steamships to 
bring her own food across the sea un- 
der protection of her own flag. if the 


war continues much longer, ig the 
opinion of. many persons there. 
The view expressed that Ger 


many’s program at sea may mean the 
starvation of Switzerland unless 
some such action is taken, \ 


The Grain Growers’ Guide sa 
Western Canada cannot, im ” of 
the scarcity of help and the small 
amount of fall plow done, hope to 
prods is 1816 anything Mike She Weg 
ef 1 













MEERA acm engl Ban 





































HAPPED 


L HANDS 
COLD SORES 


Are mur hands chapped, 
cracked, or sore? Have you 
“eold cracks’’ which open and 
bleed when the skin is drawn 

tight? Have you a cold sore, 
Y f bite, or chilblains, which 
at times makes it agony for you 
to go about your duties? If so, 
Zam-Buk will give you relief, 
and will heal the frost-damaged 



















Miss B. Strojea, ef Hast Hans- 
ford, N.8., writes: “My hands 
were so badly chapped I was un- 
able to put thei in water. All 
remedies failed te heal until I 
tried Zam-Buk. Perseverance 
with this balm completely healed 
the sores.” 

Zam-Buk heals cuts, burns, bruises, 


eures eczema, piles, chipped hands, 
die sores, frost bites, 


























eases and injuries. efuse sub- 
etitutes, At all druggists and stores, 
50c box. * 

























Plowing and Shelling 

A letter from France says: “There 
is a most terrific fight going on on 
our right. The roaring is continuous 
and terrible. We—i.e., bur battalion— 
are not in it at present, but may have 
to join in at any moment. We have 
done a fair amo-nt of ‘strafing’ since 
we have been here and the Germans 
have suffered as they deserve to. 

“The destruction is too awful for 
words; all round villages and towns 
are laid flat! What has become of 
the wretched inhabitants. God knows! 
A few stick to the place, although 
shells fall round all the time. They 
live in the cellars, I suppose. Some 
few go on plowing with shells fily- 
ing over their fields; they take their 
chance.” 


The recently bombarded Durazzo 
is a port that has played a promin- 
ent part in both ancient and modern 
warfare. The Greek city of Bpidam- 
nos, as it was at the time of the 
struggles, leading to the Peloponnes- 
jan War, was much harassed by 
these civil jealousies and fears. The 
Romans called it Dyrrachium, whence 
the modern name is derived, and it 
became the prinicipal landing place 
on the route from Brindisi to Greece, 
A great military road to the Helles- 
pont began Lere. The town is mem- 
orable also for the battles between 
Caesar and Pompey and, later, be- 
came the capital of a Byzantine pro- 
vince. 













































































Protection of Wild Life 


Some Measures Essential to the Con- 
' gervation of Canada’s Wild Birds 
and Animals 


If the wild life of Canada is to re- 
ceive proper protection, it is essential 
that several important sttps be taken 
with the least possible delay. The fol- 
iowing measures are not mentioned in 
the order of their relative. importance, 
for each of them is essential to a 
complete system of protection and 
merits the whole-heartea advocacy of 
every public-spirited citizen. 

(1) Careful revision of. the. provin- 
cial acts governing the protection of 
insectivorous birds, to ensure that no 
valuable species are included on the 
“black list.” P 

(2) Negotiation of a migratory 
bird treaty between Canada and the 
United States. 

(3) The selection of suitable areas 
throughout Canada, and their erection 
into bird sanctuaries. 

(4) Adequate protection for the sea 
birds of the Atlantic coast. 




































Stop. 
Backaches 


Don't complain dbout pains in your bac® 
when the remedy lies right to hand. ~ Gin Pilla 
stop backaches, and they do it in an 


natural by goi t to the root of 
troubie war ty Sone he 





Northwest Game Act and provision for 
its strict enforcement. 
(7) 


(5) Close restriction and, where 
feasible, total prohibition of the sale ® © 
of game. 
(6) Thorough revision of the 
FOR Thi KIDNEYS 


Organization of strong, inde- Gin Piils act on ths kidneys and th 















pendent societies to create a public] Dladicr. They Meee eng ihe eet 
opinion of sufficient strength to ob-| ‘egiect your kidneys and swollen hands nud 
tain and enfor roper rotectiv leet, wrists and ankles, are likely to follow, 
a and ce prop protective ) 

laws \ dose of Gin Pills im time saves a world of 


pain, 

You will realize their value when you rend 
what Mrs. J. P. T. Wedge, of Sumwmersida 
P.E.L. writes: 

“Gin Pills are the greatest of all Rid- 
ney remedies and a medicine which is at 
present doing me a world of good. They 





Marion Bridge, C.B. May 30, '02. Salferent hee ment ie gold: to vasy 
I_ have handled MINARD'S LINI- et GIN dealer’ 
MENT during the past year. It 18 al- Be a bos or 6 eee te a eae 


ways the first Liniment asked for 
here, and unquestionably the best sell- 
er of all the different kinds of Lini- 
ment | handle. 


NEIL FERGUSON. 


ment FREE if you write 


rT) 
National Drug & Chemical Co, 
of Canada, Limited, Toronte 


PHOID the almost miraculous effi- 


Gacy, and harmlessness, of Antityphoid Vaccination, 
Be vaccinated NOW. by your physician, you and 
your family. It is more vital tham house {nsurance, 
Ask your physician, druggist, or send for “Have 
you had Typhoid?”’ telling of Typhoid Vaccineg, 
fesuiis from use, and danger from Typhoid Carriers, 


THE CUTTER LABORATORY, BERKELEY, CAL, 
PRODUCING VACCINES @ SERUMS UNDER U. 6. GOV. LICENSE 


ree ~— 
ceotgl@ “Sir E. Grey's Advice 

sir Edward Grey, in the British 
house of commons, has been deprecat- 
ing the puviication in English jour 
nals of articles and cartoons calculat- 
ed to be offensive to rulers or people 
of neutral nations. Sir Edward's post- 
tion is a sound one, but his taking it 
may have little effect. How is a small 
minded person to show that he is a 





is nO more necessary 
thanSmalipox. Army 
experience has demonstrated 





Carl Maria von Weber, the celebrat- 
ed composer, wrote a piano piece 
which a friend pronounced unplayable, 
as one chord had a note in the centre 
which could not be reached by eith- 
er hand. “Ach, see me do it!” answer- 
ed the composer, and he struck the 
note with his nose. 








gn 





The Oll for the Farmer.—A bottle 
of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil in the 
farm house will save many a journey 
for the doctor, It is not only good for 
the children when taken with colds 
and croup, and for the mature who 
suffer from pains and aches, but! 





Hardening of the Arteries 


An Interesting Explanation of How This Dreaded 


You take out the garden hose in the spring, turn on the water, and if the rubber has 
get hard and brittle the tubing bursts and water spurts out in all directions, 

The arteries of the human body may be likened to small rubber pipes, which go 
everywhere through the body and carry blood to the hands and feet, as well as to the 
nerves, muscles and vital organs. They carry all the blood in the human system, and 






















Be. Chase's Rectpe Book, 1,000 polocted rectpes, semt free, if you mention this papes, 


there are directions for its use on sick 
cattle. There should always. be a 
bottle of it in the house. 


patriotic if he cannot insult a for 
| eigner?—Montrea] Gazette, 


Minard’s Liniment for sale every 


“Willfe, you haven't said wnether | where, 


you thanked Mr. Carr for taking you 
out for a ride.” 

“Yes, mother, I thanked him, but I 
didn’t tell you, because he said, ‘Don't 
mention it.’” 





“He is some painter, believe me.* 
“To what school does he belong?” 
“To the utilitarian.” 

“Oh, signs .and fences.” 





<= 


Condition is Brought About. 


if this blood is burdened with the poisons left over when 
the liver and kidneys are not properly performing their 
filtering work, these poisons form a deposit on the inside 
walls of the arteries. 


The deposit thus formed gradually thickens and 
hardens the walls of the arteries. The tiny blood vessels 
of the liver are affected, and thence comes that fatal 
disease—cirrhosis of the liver. The cells of the kidneys 
become. starved for want of blood, and 
Bright’s disease gets its, start. 


In health the arteries have the elasticity 
of rubber, and expand, contract or elon- 
gate, as required by the demands of the 
blood pressure. Hardened, the arteries 
are like so much brittle rubber tubing. 
The blood pressure comes on, the tubing 
bursts, and the resujting blood clot on the 
brain causes apoplexy. 

It will be plainly seen that the 
cause of trouble is in the inefficient 
condition of the liver and kidneys, 
When these filtering organs are 
kept healthy and active, and the 
bowels regular in the removal of 
waste matter, there is no chance. 
for such dreadful conditions as 
hardening of the arteries bring 
about. 

As in all forms of serious dis- 
ease, prevention is the only wise course to fol- 
low. You can positively depend on Dr. Chase’s 
Kidney-Liver Pills to awaken the action of liver 
and kidneys, and also ensure the regularity of 
movement of the bowels. It is only by the ac- 
tivity of these organs that the blood can be kept 
pure and free from uric acid and other sub- 
stances which form deposits in the arteries and 
at other points in the humaf system, causing 
pain, suffering and serious disease. 


When you think of the scores of common 
ills, such as colds, indigestion, biliousness, head- 
aches, backaches, etc., which arise from a torpid 
condition of these organs, you will better under- 
stand the reason why Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver 
Pills are the favorite family medicine in many 
thousands of homes, By keeping the liver,. kid- 
neys and bowels active they cure the common 
ills of life, and prevent serious disease. One pill 
& dose, 25 cents a box, all dealers, or Edman- 
son, Bates & Co,, Ltd., Toronto. 


1 ARS ON ast 





URGES A COMMISSION 
How Toronto Siaba iat Trade Presi 
dent Weuld Administer Tariff 


Zt the annual meeting of the Tor 
















THE ALDERSON NEWS 


ALDERSON, ALBERTA 
onto Board of Trade the retiring 


President, Mr. J. W. Wooda, head -of 


Published in the interests of Alderson and district every Thursday by|the Gordon, Mackay Company, re 


viewed the general business con- 
W. D. MacKAY, Proprietor. ditions prevalling in Canada, and made 
a forecast of the future. An impor- 
tant feature of the address was his 
reference to the tariff. When it is 


known that Mr. Woods:is head of one 
Card of thanks, 50 cents. Local ade); where admission is charged, at half price. of the largest wholesale and import- 





among reading matter, 10c per line firét} Where the object is not to make money, | ing houses in Canada which has Wee | | 
tern branches in Brandon and Regina, |' 


insertion, 5c per line each following inser- | the notices will be published free. 
tion. Legal Notices, 12c per line first insertion, and that he has always been regarded 
Announcements of entertainments, ete., | 8c per line each subsequent insertion. as a free trader in his sympathies, 
conducted by churches, societies, etc., | Display advertising rates on application | gpecial significance is attached to his 

remarks. : 

Favors Existing Polley 

“Wholesalers and importers and 
agents for foreign manufactured pro- 
~|aucts generally, whatever their sy:a- 
pathies may be in the matter of free 
trade, have come to the conclusion 
that the system under which Canada 
is at present raising its revenue is 
working out satisfactorily for atl con- 
our|cerned, and are unanimous fa tha be 
Nef that in the years immediately fol- 


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THURSDAY, APRIL, [81H , 
A BASE SLANDER 
In a recent copy of his paper, the Brooks Bulletin, 








old friend Len Nesbitt accuses the editor of this paper of be-|jowing the war, Canada’s revenue | 


iug so fond of changiug the name of this town that we would | necessities will be such as to .raclude 
i rer re i438 seep t! ay 1. {any serious reductions being made in 

do it every week just to keep the people of Alberta awake he tart, President Woods’ opinion 
nights thinking up names. A great (?) Statesman at Otta-|in favor of the existing policy, with 
Wa Was once asked oa the Mloor of Parliament why he did |saeh modification as scientific study 
tai blished in Cal » for 8 . would make advisable, and his advo- 

not sue a certain paper published in Calgary for Slander. He] cacy of a commission to administer 


replied that until the slander appeared in some reputable | the tariff, will commend themselves to 


journal he w dn't talee aetiun We also waited, hohe all fairminded citizens. Duties on im- 
journal h woul lu ke auton, I: » waited and behold ported goods cannot be wiped out or 
the Model of Alberta Newsptpers, the Calgary tMerald, tock | materially reduced without ® disrup- 
itup. As faras the readers of the News need be told every tion of the existing system of taxation, 


it} ‘ . and those who advocate radical 
ove here with an atom of brains knows that the Hditor Of! ehanges of this nature must remem- 


the News didn’t start the agitation to change the name. How-| der that all parts of the country and 
ever we will fess up tuat when the movement got going we pedir ey of he eee FE 
were with it to the end. ‘lhe present cognomen is dvuing 

firstelass, here isan old waxim that name a 
tag Gat Aldersun any old 
time is a Luter na@.ue tuan Carlsta't. 















































: Tariff 

There is a difference of opinion 
among our members as to the extent 
the Government is justified in shifting 
responsibility by appointment of spec- 
fal commissions. I am sure in certain 
directions, government by commis- 
sion is the one and only way of getting 
permanence and stability, and a tariff 
commission similar to the Dominion 
Railway Commission, should, I believe, 


Siuvs never 


vWER diel au W is sti.i ly 


tariff should be taken out of politics 


perts, should be put in force as soon 
after the cessation of hostilities as 
possible. The Government must have 
revenue. The farmer and the labor- 
ing class must be considered, and the 
manufacturer is entitled to protec- 
tion. Here is work for a strong com- 
mission. 

War is creating conditions new to 
all of us, but we do know this, that 
once war ends, many of our factories 





Carlstadt +6 
Hotel } 
First class in 


every respect. 
Rates, $1.50 and 











$2.00 per day. will be upset and a period of readjust- 
Steam-heated ment will arrive which will try the 
Throughout strongest. 
Martin 
AT EUROPE WILL D 
sv WH OPE WILL DO 
Prop. An Invasion by Foreign Goods After 


the War is Foreseen 


Industrial conditions in Canada at 
present are abnormal. They exist only 
because Great Britain has more than 
her factories can accomplish, and be- 


cause the great factories of Belgium 
annnnnnnrrncrcmnnrFFFF” | and Northern France are in the hands 


—: HARNESS:-- © 


put of war supplies Canada gets so 
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many million dollars from Great Brit- 
ain and our allies. Europe has to 
get back that gold somehow, and when 
the vast armies engaged in the war 
are disbanded European factories now 
out of commission will absorb a great 
number of men. These former sol- 
diers will be put to work manufactur- 
ing goods for export, and these goods 
under ordinary conditions will be 
shipped to Canada at prices with 
which Canadian manufacturers, pay- 
ing the Canadian standard of wages, 
cannot hope to compete. 

Surely it needs no genius to see 
that without reasonable protection 
against the cheap labor and low stan- 
dards of living of our foreign com- 
petitors, the industries of Canada cah- 
not exist, and without industry an 
~ermrnnnmnnnn~ | aericultural nation cannot prosper. If 
Canada continues to import what she 
could make at home, increasing Can- 
adian indebtedness to other countries 
and failing to support her own indus- 
tries, Canada will suffer more than 
any country simply on account of her 
youth as an industrial nation. With 
foreign commercial competition, de- 
spite any tariff protection, the forejgn 
country can sell to us cheaper than 
we can make our Canadian wage scale 
—if we are sufficiently unwise to buy 
its exported goods. 

The safety and interest of Canade 
requires ‘that Canadians as a people 
must promote such industries as will 
render us independent of other na, 
tions for our essential supplies, Whey 
the war is over, and the work of 
habilitation begins, if we are to sti 
worship this fetish of imported goods 
we shall have opportunity and to spare 
for foreign goods will again pour inte 
Canada ready to take sway the de 
wacd for bume labor. 


Mr. Farmer, we can se!l you a GOOD HEAVY 
FARM HARNESS complete with BREECHINGS5 
and a GOOD PAIR of COLLARS for $45 09. 





The T. Hutchinson Co’y, Ltd., 


623 Third St. MEDICINE HAT _— Phone 2064 











FOR SALE 


- AT--= 


The Alderson News Office 


Butter wrappers $3 per 100 


be appointed at an early date. The: 


—a scientific tariff, worked out by ex- | 


N NEWS 






l'THE COLUMN:-:-- 
. ~1-That Gets Results 
HORSES FOR SALE—20 head 





of well broke work horses, on my |’ 


farm, 1-2 north-weet of Wises’ 
Coal mine. Terme - half cash. 
The price right. 
deleigh, Alta. 


— ene 


i\TO RFNT—or SELL on easy 
terms. South West Quarter, 
Section 16, Township [6, Range 
+ 9, West of 4th. Apply owner, 
i P. O. Box 1974, Calgary. Alta. 


Sr 


WANTED—At orice, Party to 
drill in about 270 aerres. What 
offere? Apply Box H. News. . , 

a eyareune anaes Eeeennenennnnnemnaanaan 

LOST—Between Andersons and 
Flannerys on the trail in| December 
la tan Sheepskin Finder please re- 

tote Danse Latvia. Tripota, 





‘ . P u a 


IkISH COBBLER POTATOES 
for seed $1. OO per bushel. Appl) 
H. A. Broderson, Alderson, Section 
10—16--9 


I an anel 


HORSES FOR SALE— 20 head 
of well broke horses on my farm 
one half mile north of the Wise 
coal mine. Terms, half cash. The 
; Price right. 

Ole Riste, 
Tddesleigh. 


ee a eae 


To RENT or SALE on easy terme 
South-west quarter section of 16, 
Township 16 Range 9, west of 4th 
meredian. 
Apply owner, 
P. O. Box 1974, Calgary, Alta. 


Ee 





For Sale—4 good working oxen, 
with harness weighing about 1800 
and 1900 Ibs ench Apply Antone 
Larsen, Suffield, or See-23-16-9 


Se 

OLD PAPER. — Big bundle for 
10 cents at the News office. 

PET ET TY 


TYPEWRITER WORK. of all 


description done, reasonable 
charges at the News Office Alder 
son. 


rod 


PARTIES—That removed rhubarb 
plants from E. J. Woollven’s 
homestead must return them at 
once to save further trouble. If 
this isdone no questions will as- 
ked. EF. J. Woollven. 














LOST STRAYED or STOLEN— 
Reward of $5.00 per head for in- 
formation leading to recovery. of 
the horses branded on left 
shoulder. 

W.. &. Hay. Alderson. 13-6-9 





DATES. 





Don’t forget the Eaates Monday 
Dance in the Adanac Parlors on the 
4th. Good orchestra from Medi- 
‘ne Hat will be recured., Under 


he auspices of the Red Cross Whist | —_»$-----—- 


‘ub. The best dance of the season. 


_—— 


A Representative Wanted 


AT ONCE FOR 


ALDERSON 
AND DISTRICT FOR THE 


Old Rellable Fonthill Nurseries 





Choice list of hardy tested 
varieties, recommended by sthe 
Western Experimental Station, 
suitable for Manitoba, Saskatch- 
ewan and Alberta. 

Hybrid Apples, Native Flums, 
Russian Cherries, Small Fruits, 
Seed Potatoes, Hardy Trees for 
Windbreaks and: Shelter Belts 
Liberal Terms. 
Handsome Free Outfit. Exclusive 
Territory. Write now for particulars 


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When will You Save if 
you don’t Save NOW? 


UNION 
BANK 











Though your salary or peg 
’ will no doubt increase, so will 
OF CANADA your expenses—and many find 

that the latter more than keep 
pace with the former. Now Is the time to start a Reserve Fund 
and the Savings Department of the Union Bank of Canada 
Is the place to keep it. 


Deposit the extra you have on hand now—you can open an 
account with any sum, down to one dollar—and draw Interest on It, 






Alderson Branch -  e 


O. J. WOOD, Manager 








GENERAL BLACKSMITH 


ARERR AN ANTE ASS TE ET ASTON ENT ET) 
Horseshoeing and Plow Work : a Specialty 


Come early and avoid the rush 
to The Old Reliable, and 
get Satisfaction. 


E. G. AHLSTROM 


OPP III 











TOO BUSY 


to write an ad. this week. If 
you want anything in my line 
call in and we will find time to 
talk .t over. 


Massey Harris Machinery ~ Big Bull Tractors 
Flour, Feed and Hay 









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Phone up No. 6 tor the 


O. K. Dray line. 
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GEORGE RUSSALL, Fronrnetor. 


“t ‘ . , OS APPR I TAS 


Buy an ifrigaicu / arn : 
FRUM THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 
BECAUSE 


[rrizgation aiukes the farner cadena beat of rag wil tbe 
sures ¥ vod GPops, Moot een st ead iV nt every year, 
Lirigation cnaek ) 


king of fodders, whieh tasare. gest ore 
mixed farmiag 

Irrigation maeans tated sive fr f fens 
all the advantages of a deteeiy 
community 

Irrigation ia the Crombie Paeitho Rathwas lrrigation Bloek 
is no louger an eypertnent, OC ear HOPE boeing a rely 
demonstrated its success wherever cite 


with 


popllated ompuenuitural 


SS 


Bedi) atppied 

You can buy irrigated land from: the Canadian Pueitie Rail- 
way at prices ranging from $35 to $75 per acre, with twenty 
years’ to pay and the privileve of a loan of $2,000.00 


for improvements (6% interest); no prineipal payneent at | 
the end of tirst and second years and uo cater rentat for first 
year, Assistance is aleo given in supplying stoek in approved 


Hatances 


Phi. 
Get ful) partion ' 
ALLAN CAIiERON 
Genera! Superintendent of Lands Desk 37 


Canadian Pacific Railway Dept. Natural Resources 
CALGARY ALBERTA 


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WHC SALT 


Every Western City and Town 
tereated in This Questlon—Develop- 
ment of Communities » 


“Country Life in Canada,” a farm 
Journal pubiished in Winnipeg, had an 
interesting article in a fecent issue 
under the above heading. We quote 
the first three paragraphs which serve 


to put before the citizens of Western | 


Canada, particularly those residing in 
our larger cities and towna, the clear 
cut distinction between the bullding 
up of a manufacturing ‘centre and a 
purely distributing centre. , 

There is a certain comparison 
which can be made between a city or 
a town and a commercial enterprise. 
A city must be one of two t 1» 
in the wider aspect. It is either a 
manufacturing centre or a glorified 
distributing point. Did you ever com: 
pare a factory with a warehouse? 
In the factory, close-packed machines 
or crowded benches have their scores 
or hundreds of workers and opera- 
tives. The production in quantities of 
any class of goods requires a certain 
proportion of man-power and women- 
power, even in this age of automatic 
and semi-automatic machinery. But 
let us leave the busy factory and en- 
ter a distributing warehouse. Here 
far fewer workers are in evidence; 
goods are received in crates and are 
repacked in smaller crates for trans- 
shipment, or are stored by the efforts 


of one or two men with trucks. A| 


shipper and a few helpers compose 








or Fart Property 


Pursuant to the directinune of 
the Registrar and by virtue of the 
'* Powers of Sale provided hy: the 


Land Titles Act, under a certain 
Mortgage which will be produced 
at ihe time of the eale, 


There wili be offered for Sale 
ly Futlie Auction, at the Great 
Wit Hotel, in the Village of Ald- 
r. uo, in the Province of Alberta on 
saturday, April 16t1, 1916, at the 
‘hour of 12 o'clock noon, the follow- 
ing property, namely ;— 


The South-east Quarter of See- 

tion Sixteen (16) in Township (18) 

Righteen and Range Nine (9). West 

of the Fourth Meridian in Alberta, 

| reserving unto His Majesty, his suc- 
cesscrs and assigns, all mines and 
minerals and the right to work the 


j same. 


Terms of sale to be twenty (20) 
per cent cash at the time of sale, 
and the balance aecording to the 
‘terms and conditions to be made 
known at the time of sale or upon 
application to the undersigned aue- 
tioneer. 


| The above property will be off- 
ered for sale subject to a sealed = re- 
‘gerved bid and free frow all encum- 
branoes, save all Municipal Claims 
and Statutory Liens, if any, and 


the staff; it is a case of only handling , taxes for the current year, 


finished goods instead of manufactur- 
ing goods from the raw material. 
How to Transform 

Cities, therefore, become either 
manufacturing plants or distributing 
warehouses, and the city or town 
which develops its manufacturing re 
sources is the centre that goes ahead, 
in wealth, in population and service 


to the adjacent territory, No city will |" 


willingly become a warehouse, that is 
a distributing centre, but modern de- 
velopments and the action of the con- 
sumer may tend to diminish manufac- 
turing and reduce population, ai the 
same time reducing the market for 


» the agricultural production of the sur- 


rounding territory. Purchasing im- 
ported goods received in bulk by 
direct selling organizations are direct 
means of transforming manufacturing 
centres into mere distributing points, 

In the boom days in Western Can- 
ada the whole thought of Western 
Canadians was expansion. Little 
Care wis taken te bey oi whether the 
expansion was on sound economic 
lines, or merely a transitory develop, 
ment. If we are to build permanently 
in the West we must develop well 
rounded communities in which there 
are busy factories which can afford 
congenial employment at fair wages 
to a substantial element of our popu- 
lation. 

Uniform Development 

We must not put all our eggs in 
one basket, as ha: been too muck the 
tendency in the ,ust. Botier a siow 
but symmetrical development than an 
abnormal growth along certain lines. 
Canada’s national policy for forty 
years has been to aim at a uniform 
development of all the resources of 
our country. Just as it would be a 
fatal mistake to establish industries 
unsuited to the country b-~ placing a 
prohibitive customs tariff against the 
products they make coming into Can- 
ada, so Western Canadians should 
consider carefully wheiher they 
would not be in danger of injuring 
industries, which are well suited to 
the country, by exposing them to the 
untrammelled competition of foreign 
producers, whose longer experience 
and larger output give them an un- 
due advantage. What Canadians 
must aim at is a policy which will 
properly conserve the producing 
forces in agriculture as well as in 
manufacturing. The results of such 
a policy will be seen in well rounded 
communities, set down in fertile agri- 
cultural areas. 





Avold the Soup Line 


Germany can deliver in Chicago, 
duty paid, for 40 cents an article cost- 
ing 80 to 90 cents in a Cincinnati fac- 
tory; a German woman can do for 
76 cents the same work for which an 
American man is paid $3.50; yet free 
trade invites them to rush in their 
cheap foreign lebor products and let 
the American workman take his place 
in the soup line. Is it fair? 





Money Stays at Home 


A protective tariff keeps our own 
people employed, and the money re- 
mains in circulation at home, where 
we have another chance to handle it. 
Under free trade it goes into foreign 
producers’ pockets, and both the le- 
bor and the money are out of reach. 





Right Sort of Growth 
While an increase in the number 
of persons who till the soil will not 
increase the value of a bushel of corn, 
increasing the factories increases the 
number of consumers who demand the 
tusbel of cora. 


same, the Vendor is informed that 
the above property is situated about 
'geventeen miles south from the rail- 
rond rt:tion of Jenner, that about 
. 60 acres have been broken and were 
in crop lastyyear, and that there are 
situate thereon x shed roof shack 
bout 10ft. x 12yt., and about one 
and one half miles of wire fencing. 


For further partibulars and con- 
ditions of sale, apply to 


HARRY W. JOHNSON, 
Auctioneer, 
Ald«rson, Alberta, 


Dated this 4th day of March A.D. 
Approved 1916. 


(sed.) A. T. Kinnaird, 
Depnty Registrar. 





MORTGAGE SALE 
or Farm Property 

Pursuant to the directions of 
the Registrar and by virtue of the 
Powers of Sale provided: by the 
Land Titles Act, under a certain 
Mortgage which will be produged 
at the time of Sale. 


There will be offered for Sale, 
by Public Auction, at the Great 
West Hotel, in the Village of Alder- 
son, in the Province of Alberta, on 
Saturday, April 15th, 1916, at the 
hour of one o’clock in the afternoon 
the following Property, namely :-- 


The North- west Quarter of See- 
tion Five (4) in Township Sixteen 
(16) and Range Ten (10) west of 
the Fourth Meridian in Alberta, 
reserving Unto His Majesty, his eue- 
mines and 
minerals and the right to work the 
same. 


cessor wid assigns, ull 


Terms of Sale to be Twenty 
(20) per cent eash at the time of 
emle, and the Inalaner aeeording to 
the terms ana ear diner: Gh Saheca 
upon appliertion tothe y 
auctioneer. 


neersipned 


The above property will he off- 
ered for sale subject to a realed re. 
serve bid and free from all eneum-. 
brances, save all Municipal Clatme 
and Statutory Tienes, f aor se) 
taxee for the current year 


The Vendor is 
the above property is situated about 
three miles from the town of Alder- 
aon, that about 100 acres have heen 


broken of which 75 neres were in: 


crop last year, ond that there are 
situate thereon a one-storey frame 
honse about 14ft. x L8ft., two kit- 
chens 12ft. x 14ft. and 10 ft. x 18ft. 
and aframe dug out stable about 
20ft. x B4ft , and that aid land is 
partly fenced. 


For further particulars and con- 
ditions of sale, apply to 


HARRY W. JOHNSON, 
‘ Auctioneer, 
Aldersou, Alberta. 
Dated this 4th day of March, A.D. 
Approved 1916. 
(Sed ) A. T. Kinnaird, 
Deputy Registrar. 


De en aoe ee 


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ALDERSON NEWS ms 









Palonia Ponderings Rainy Valley Municipality of King, No. 153 


Geo. Ferdon and 
called on Jno 





Mra Ferdon 
Decker on Sunday. 


Mra. LC. Furey and Children 
have returted from Vancouver wher 
they spent the winter. 


Cyril Woollven is again working 
for © A Wallace. 


The Palona Correspoudent is at 
her post again and will be plensed 
to receve news items. 


C. A. Wallace made a trip to Eat 


Jately and returned witha cook UC. 
A. saye no more batching. 





School is expected to open in the 
Valley on Monday 


NOTILE TO RATEPAYERS 


Stanley Thomas started plowing 
With Steed and Bone’s engine Mon- 
day. Look outfor the: mud holes, 
Stun, ‘ 

ah. The Council have made arrangements to Distribute 
The Valley was very sorry to hear}, 


of the car wecident last. week but|# Alderson, free of all charge, a package of Kill-em-quick 


are please! to hear that Mrs Steed | for every Quarter section in the Municipality. 
is€etting along nicely, We hope 
she willsovon return to the Valley. 








This is highly recommended as a gopher exterminator 


Mrs. Les Brenner who has been! and you are invited to get your allotment. 
Visiting Mr and Mrs Beenner is 


now visiting at Johnsons. 


The Patriotic Fund, exclusive of 
the Jenner Fund is now over the 
$1.000 mark. If you didn’t get in 
on the firss 1000, get in now. 


For further particulars apply Alderson Pharmac 
We feel sure of another good crop y 


A. F. FOSTER, Reeve. 


this year and its fine to see tow 


corteeerserrenesterpeneeeteny tener eee the farmers are workiug. 
MORTGAGE SALE 











* Jno. Thomas who has spent “D e e 
last two years in Wileox Sask. has! 7 E ( 
returned and will pull) weeda for ominion XPYress O. 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF |i hye summer. 
ALBERTA 


| 
| 
Mrs. Chas. Goddard of Jenner is | 
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 


MONEY ORDERS. Payable in Canada 


; Visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas 
MEDICINE HAT Ferdvn. and United States. The safest method of 
Between Axel Williamson. spent the first | transferring money. 
Huon Gaui Scort, of the week in Calgary. 


Plaintiff, Foreign Cheques payable any where, 


except in enemy countries. 


Jno. Thomas and Ben Stuart are 
assisting of the Oil 
Warehouse for Harry Wo Jobnsor. 


and 
Jan Hexprtx Vax Den Bara, 
Defendant. 


Pursuant to the Order of His] 
Honor Judge Mahaffy, dated the 
24th day of Mareh, A.D. 1916. there 
will be sold at the Great Went Hotel 
Alderson,-Alberta, by Harry \W. 
Johnston, Auctioneer, at 2 0’clock 
in the afternoon, on Saturday, the 
15th day of April, A. D. 1916, the 
following lands and premises : 


in building 


Canadian Pacific Railway Station 





L Bremset, Guy Hamilten, ond . . 

A. Ames were each assessed $5 00 is i 

and Costs in the Police Court Sat-! & he Pioneer Dray Line 
urday evening by WJ. Hall J P 

for starting stubble fires without a 
proper guard. A similar charge was 
nade against ALS but 
later withdrawn by Constable Holl- 


_ Phone 26 
| 





Specialists in prompt and 


: Lockrem 

The South-east quarter of section 
nineteen, (19) Township seventen 
(17) Range eight, (8) west of the 
4th Meridian, in the Province of 


Alberta. 


Particulars and conditions of snle 
may be bad from the auctioneer or 
from the undersigned Solicitors tor Will be received by the under- 


the Plaintiff. ’ signded up to the tenth day of April 
DATED at Medicine Hat, Alberta for the sinking of a well in the Vill- | 
this 24th day of Mareh, A.D. 1976. ‘age of Suffield. | 
(S’gd) S. A. Waxrace, Tendéra to be for labor only. Par-| 
Clerk of the Court. ticulars of well may be had on app- 

lication to the Sceretary Treas. 

G. M. POOTH, 
Sec.-TREAS, 


efEcient transportation. 


P.O. box 7 





TENDERS 








. Coal Oil 
Hard Grease 


Gasoline Lubricants 


Axle Grease Cup Grezse 


Brag. McLarty & Evans, 
Becker Block, Medicine Hat, Alta, 
Solicitors for the above named 

Plaintiff. | 


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Let us book your seasons requirements at present prices. 


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" CANADA from her abundance can help supply the Empire’s needs, 
and this must be a comforting thought for those upon whom the 
heavy burden of directing the Empire’s affairs has been laid. Gain or 
no gain the course before the farmers of Canada is as clear as it was 
last year—they must produce abundantly in order to meet the 
that may be made and I believe this to be especiall 
| live stock, the world’s supply of which must be 
j this vast struggle. Stress and strain may yet be in store for us all 
before this tragic conflict is over, but not one of us doubts the issue 
and Canadians will do their duty in the. highest sense of that great 
word.”——HON, MARTIN BURRELL, Minister of Agriculture. 


“ MOPERN war is made by resources, money, by foodstuffs, cs 

_ well as by men and by munitions. le war is our first busi- 

¢ ness, it is the imperative duty of every man in Canada to produce all 

' that he can, to work doubly hard while our soldiers are in the trenches, 
. in order that the resources of the country may not. only be conserved, but 

increased, for the great struggle that lies before us. ‘ Work and Save’ 
is a good motto for War-time.’—S/R THOMAS WHITE, Minister 


of Finance. 


THE CALL OF EMPIRE COMES AGAIN IN (916 


TO CANADIAN FARMERS, DAIRYMEN, FRUIT GROWERS, GARDENERS 
WHAT IS NEEDED ? THESE IN PARTICULAR— 


WHEAT, OATS, HAY, | CANNED FRUITS, FRUIT JAMS, 


SUGAR, HONEY, WOOL, FLAX FIBRE, 
BEANS, PEAS, DRIED VEGETABLES 


BEEF, PORK, BACON, 
CHEESE, EGGS, BUTTER, POULTRY, 


— 


We must feed ourselves, feed our soldiers, and help feed the Allies. 


s f The need is greater in 
1916 than it was in 1915. The difficulties are greater, the task is heavier, the 


need is more urgent, the call to patriotism is louder—therefore be 
thrifty and produce to the limit. 


“THE AGRICULTURAL WAR BOOK FOR 1916” is now in the press. 
| The Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 


THE GOVERNMENT _OF CANADA 2 
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 


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No Singing on 
British Warships 


Fate in Store for Lion's Sailors Whose 
Singing Makes Orders Inaudible 


An order for silence on board Brit- 
1 L warships during battle is expected 
to be given, even if already it has not 
been given, by the admiralty. 

Filson Young, the novelist, who 
has been attached to the staff of Sur 
David Beatty, aboard the battleship 
Lion, since the beginning of the ‘war, 
revealed the cause of the departure 
in a lecture at His Majesty's theatre 
in London. 

Young said that after the Heligo- 
land action, in which the armored 
cruiser Blucher was sunk, and after 
the Lion had been safely towed to 
port, the chief stoker went to the en- 
gineer-lieutenan. to 
plaint. 

“I want you to issue an order for 
absolute silence among the _ stokers 
during the action, During yesterday's 
fight my men were singing so loud all 
the time tht it was impossible for 
me to give orders.” 

Young also recalled the remark o: 
a young lieutenant, half stunned, 
who with a <hell bursting below the 
water-line, casuclly remarked to 
comrade: “This means either ‘King- 
dom come’ or ten days’ leave.” 


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Trawler Skipper 
A Brave Man 


He Risked His Own Life to Cut 
Mine Away to Save Vessel 


On the return to port of the Grims- 
by trawler Pelican, a gallant action on 
the part of the skipper, Fred Firth, 
was made known. 

Whilst the gear was being hove in 
it was discovered that a mine was en- 
| tangled in the warps. The winch 
lwas immediately stopped and the in- 
coming gear checked just as the mine 
bumped lightly on the ship’s side. 
The situation was one of extrethe 
peril. A roll or lurch of ‘the vessel 
might cause the mine to shift, and 
to explode at any moment. 

Skipper Firtn ordered all the 
hands .tothe boat. Then, having 
handed the compass, provisions, 
rockets ‘and water to the men, he 
ordered them to pull away from the 
trawler. 

“But what about you, 
one of the men asked. 

“I’m going to try anu clear that 
mine,” he replied. The .men demur- 
red; but Firth insisted. ‘ ‘Pull clear,” 
he said. “Pull clear, and if anything 
happens try and pick me up,” 

The men rowed clear and then the 
skipper, having donned a life jacket, 
set to work, slowly and gently un- 
winding the warp from the drum of 
the winch. Inch by-inch the mine 
was lowered, the men in the boat 
waiting, fearin, each moment that 
the sbip would roll and bring about 
the dreaded explosion, 

But luck was with the gallant 
skipper. The mine touched’ the 
\ water, and at it sank Firth paid out 

120 fathoms of line, so that the ship 
|could swing clear of the danger zone. 
_It was his intention to buoy the place 
| 80 that mine sweepers could remove 
the menace, but before that could be 
[done there was a terrific explosion 
| which shook the trawler and practi- 
| cally swamped the small boat. 

The mine had either bumped on the 
‘seabed or been fouled by the gear, 
|for when the warp was hauled again 
{there was nothing but wreckage at 
| the end of it. 


SPRING IMPURITIES 
IN THE BLOOD 


A Tonic Medicine is a Neces- 
| sity at This Season 
| Dr: Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale 


skipper?” 








People are an all year round tonic, 
blood-builder and nerve-restorer, But 
they are especially valuable in the 


spring when the system is joaded with 
impurities as a result of the indoor 
life of the winter montis. There is no 
other season when the blood is so 
much in need of purifying and enrich- 
ing, and every dose of these Pills 
| helps to make new, rich red blood. In 
the spring one feels weak and tired— 
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills give strength. 
in the spring the appetite is often poor 
| —pDr. Williams’ Pink Pills deveigp the 
appetite, tone the stomach’ and aid 
{weak digestion. 
that poisons in the blood find an out- 
let in disfiguring pimples, eruptions, 
{and boils—Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills 
speedily clear the skin because they 
g2 to the root of the trouble in the 
blood. In the spring anaemia, rheu- 
matism, indigestion, neuralgia, erysi- 
pelas and many other troubles are 
most persistent because of poor, weak 
blood, and it is at this time when all 
nature takes on new life that the 
blood most seriously needs attention. 
Some people dose themselves with 
| purgatives at this season, but these 
‘only further weaken themselves. A 
purgative merely gallops through the 
system, emptying the bowels, but it 
does nor cure anything. On the other 
hand Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills actually 
make new blood, which reaches every 
nerve and organ in the body, bringing 
new strength, new health and vigor 
ito weak, easily tired men, women and 
children, Try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis 
this spring—they will not disappoint 
you 

You can get these health-renewing 
Pills through any medicine dealer or 
by mail post paid at 50 cents a box 
or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. 
Williams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, 
Ont. ’ 








“I belleve in giving the devil his 
due.” 
“Yes, but you génerally overdo it.” 


Deafness Cannot Be Cured 


i by local applications, as they cannot reach the 
diseased portion of theear. There is only one way 
to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional 
remedies. Deatness is caused by an inflamed 
condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian 
‘Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a 
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when 
it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and 
| unless the inflamation can be taken out and this 
tube restored to its normal condition, hearing 
| will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten 
are caused by Catarrh, which is pothing butan 
inflamed condition of the mucous surtaces, 

We will give One Hundred Doilars for ‘any 
case of Dealness (caused by catarrh) that cannot 
|} be cured by dHali’s Catarrh Cure. Send tor 
| Circulars, free, 

F. J, CHENEY & CO., ToLxvo, O, 
Sold by Druggists, 75c. 
‘Take Hall's Family Pills for or constipatian. 





“Remember, 
a a” you,” 


the eyes of the nation 
exclaimed the consti- 





ave | “T know it,” replied Senator Sor- 
(eoutal “And the nation’s getting more 
| acutely discerning every day. ‘rhe 


may bring sickness, doctors bills and} time is gone when a man can assume 


loss of work; 


you ‘know that serious] 42 impressive pose and get by as an 


sickness usually starts with a cold, and | 0PtUcal illusion.” 


a cold only exists where weakness 


exists. Remember that. 


Overcome the weakness and nature 
is the law of 


cures the cold—that 
reason, Carefully avoid drugged pills, 
syrups or stimulants; they are only 
props and braces and whips. 


Itis the pure medicinal nourishment 
Emulsion that quickly en- 
riches the bloed, strengthens the lungs 


in Scott’s 


and helps heal the air passages. 

And mark this well—Scott's Emul- 
sion generates body heat as protection 
against winter sickness. Get Scott’s 
at your drug store fo-day. It always 


strengthens and builds up, 
Metis Bcott & Bowue, Toronte, Ontarie, 


w. oN. U. ‘1099 











Minard’s Liniment Relieves Neural- 
gia. 





| 
Women Offering to Work on Farm; 
Women are now offering to take the 
place of men on Manitoba farms. The 
provincial department of agriculture 
has receiyed », number of letters from 
women residents of Winnipeg, in 
which the women deciare their will- 
ingness to help in seeding operations 
if the farmers are unable to obtain 

men of such work. 





Nellie, aged four, was gazing in- 
tently at the visitor’s new bonnet, 

“Well, dear,” asked the lady at last, 
“what do you think of it?” 

“Oh,” replied the gmall observer, “I 
think it’s all right. Aunt Mary told 
mamma it was a perfect fright, but it 
doesn't frighten me any” 


ognize the fact that in some way they 


} li y ' 
It te dn. the spring | She ne stove of today 





: neighbor 








Bovril makes other foods nourish 


you It has a Body-buildin: 
proved equal to from 10 te 
the amount ef ril taken. 


power 
times , 


1 Colds and. aettene | 


wta 


eke 


3,000,0 000 Bus els 


ed d Overseas 


“Nervilinie” Gives sivas Speedy Relief 8,000,000 Bustele | of Cnmitenibile 


‘and Cures Over neu, ‘ 
ee 


Got'a cola? 

Is. your: votce’ riépy—s your. chest 
congested or sore?, ‘ 

If 80, you the very person ‘that 
Nerviline .will cure n-‘a jiffy. 

Nerviline is strong and penetrating. 
It sinks right into’ the tissues,’ takes 
out inflammation we soreness, de- 
atroye colds ina truly wondéttul way. 
Rub Nerviline over the ‘chest-rub on 
lots of it, and watch beat Hentngns 
disappear.:' Nervilite Wwon't}blister, 
sinks in too fast—doesn’t simply shay 
on the surface like a thick, ofly lini. 
ment would., If ‘the throat, is’ ‘raspy 
and ‘sore, rub. it well outside with 
Nerviline; and uee Nerviline jas a. gar- 


















gle diluted with warm water). Jus¢: 


one or two Xreatments like this and 
your voice and throat will ‘be ‘quite 
normal again. 

Just think of it—for fotty years, the 
largest: used* family medicine: 4n ‘this 
country—Nerviline. must’ be good, 


-‘}must ‘quickly relieve and chie a ,hun- 








‘The History of Gasoline 





At One Time it Was the Infant Terror 
of the Oil Industry 


Gasoline first compelled public at- 
tention in the role of the little demon 
in the kerosene or coal oil lamp. In this 
capacity it kept the coroner and the 
insurance adjuster working overtime. 

When crude oil was first discovered 
in the Pennsylvania district the public 


received it as a cure-all for disease in- i 


stead of a fuel or an illuminant. 

Then it was discovered that by sub- 
jecting it to distillation a certain por- 
tion of it could be used for lighting 
purposes, to supplant candles and 
lamps using whale oil and vegetable 
oils. 

But it was found that a considerable 


fraction—about twenty per cent.—of }- 


this oi] had so low a boiling point, was 
so yolatile and explosive, that it was 
extremely dangerous in lamps. At the 
sign of the coal oil lamp of that 
pioneer period fires and explosions 
were the prevailing program. 

It was soon seen by the refiners that 
if kerosene was to become a popular 
illuminant, the “light -boiling point 
fraction’’ must be taken off the top 
and disposed of in some other way. 
For a considerable time it was turned 
into the nearest streams and allowed 
to dispose of itself by evaporation; 
but experience proved that this was 
a decidedly dangerous method of dis- 
posal. The refiners were forced to rec- 


must find a legitimate comniercial out- 
let for this volatile fluid, which was so 
explosive that it could not be dumped 
without gréat peril to life and prop- 
erty. 

Under the pressure of this econom- 
ic necessity, about 1875, a man named 
Hull, who was in touch with the 
Cleveland refineries, invented a vapor 
stove which was the father of the 
For a time 
this furnished a very considerable out- 
let. A considerable quantity of gaso- 
line was also consumed at this period 
in street lamps and outs of-door light- 
ing systems. 

About 1903 the motor car with its 
internal combustion engine, appeared 
on the scene—just in time to rescue 
gasoline consumption from a decided 
setback, due to the fact that gas had 
come into general use for lighting and 
heating purposes and was able, on ac- 
count of its greater’cheapness and 
safety, to push gasoline out of com- 
petition to a great extent. 

Gasoline has, in short, pushed King 
Kerosene from the throne. The out- 
cast, the infant terror of the oil indus- 
try, has now become the czar of the 
whole empire of petroleum commerce, 
and there are few who do not pause at 
the sign of the garage pump to pay 
him tribute.—Forrest Crissey in the 
Saturday Evening Post. 

As a vermicide there is no prepara- 
tion that equals Mother Graves’ Worm 
Exterminator. It has saved the lives 
of countless children. 


Doukhobors to Fight 

Ninety Doukhobors of the Yorktown 
district, Saskatchewan, have joined a 
local battalion for service in Europe. 
The religion of this sect is against 
war and violence in general, and some 
of its members have been persecuted 
in the .past for their beliefs. The re- 
cruits who have taken up arms must 
be convinced that there is a time when 
fighting is justified and that time has 
arrived. The incident also may be an 
indication that the younger’ people 
among the Doukhobors are adopting 
Canadian ways.—Mountreal Gazette. 

The big drop in immigration to 
Canada since the war started is 
shown in the figures for immigraticn 


for 1915 given to the commons by 
Hon. Dr. Roche, in answer to a ques- 
tion by Mr. E. M. Macdonald, Pictou. 


The total for the year was only 48,- 
466, as compared with 384,878 for 1913- 
14 and 402,432 for 1912-13. The volume 
of immigration now is only about 
one-eighth of what is was two years 
ago. Almost all of the new arrivals 
of last year were from the United 
States. 


Miller’s Worm Powders not only 
make the infantile system untenable 
for worms, but by their action on the 
stomach, liver and bowels they correct 
such troubles as lack of appetite, bil- 
jousness and other interna] disorders 
that the worms create. Children 


thrive upon them and no matter what] 


condition their worm-infested stom- 
achg may be in, they will show im- 
provement as soon as the treatment 
begins. 





Outshown 

“What is the band playing?” 

“‘See'— the Conquering 
Comes.’” 

“Where is the conquering hero?f” 

“You cannot see him for the recep- 
tion committee,” 

“So you don't believe in advertis- 
ing, eh?” scornfully remarked the up- 
to-date business man 

“No, I don't,” insisted his sad-eyed 
“I got my wife that way” 


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dréd ills. that befall évery family.“ ‘Try 
it for earache, toothache, coughs, 
colds, soré chest, hoarseness and mus- 
cular pains in “every part: of ‘the body. 
Large family ize bottle 60c; | trial 
size 25c at all dealers. 





No Truck With Traltors 

We can have no dealjngs with Bul- 
garia or with her.Tsar traitor, even 
should he, as, is: highly improbable, 
seriously wish to have dealings with 
us. The restoration of Serbia to her 
rightful territory and her union with 
er southern. Slav--kindred must, in- 
deed, be essential objects ofthe al- 
lies. These objects afeciniie any 
truck with Ferdinand: at Cobourg, or 
with .his people, unless they dissociate 
themselves from him. Even William 
of Hohenzoliern, ‘with all his crimes, 
is a more reputable sovereign. —Lon., 
don Times.:, : 


Minard’s 


Liniment 
Etc. ote 


Cures. Burns, 


» Not Missed 

“ used to livé’in New York, ie" “sald 

the man impressively., » 

“That so,” drawled the Uitte. man, 

quietly. “I was thére the other day 

and the town seemed to be eesti on 
all right without you.” ~ , 








No matter how, deep-rooted the corn 
or wart may be, it must yield to Hollo- 
way’s Corn Cure if used as direc: sd. 


Officer (furlously)—-What ‘the a 
is the matter?, Where are your, 8 aM 
going? 

Irish 
dunno, sir. 


Recruit (nervously)—Sure I 
They left “ere all right! 


Pape—Why, hang it, girl, that fel- 
low only earns nine dollars. a. week! 
Pleading Daughter—Yes; but ‘daddy, 
dear, a week passes 80 quickly when 
you're fond of one another... wont 





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none of it-is. wasted. Also it saves money by. making your 
machine work more smgothly' and last longer. - 


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_eréd Grain Still in Canada, 
at Says Report 
‘Details of, the, disposition of the 
wheat commandeeréd by the govern- 
ment on Noyember 27th, are. contained 
in returns brought down in the 
house. A total of 8,314,366 bushels of 


the wheat has been shipped overseas, |; 


leaving’: 8;198,670 in Canada, 

The commandeering was financed 
by a loan of, | $12,000, 000 from. the 
Bank of Monttéal, * 

A memorandum , ‘{neluded in the 
return states, ‘“‘Harly inthe autumn 


‘of 1916 when it ‘Became evident that 


Canada in common: with the United 
States and Australia would have 
large, surplu¢es\.af wheat for export, 
representation, iene: ‘made to the 
Briuish gdve “with a’ view to 
interesting It ‘; eae: ‘allied’ , 
ments in’ the purchase from Canada 
of.: a .generous ‘portion of the large 
quantities they would undbvubtedly re 
quire. These representations :. . were 
successful and On November 28rd, 
instructions .were cabled to the Can’ 
adjan government by the secretary 
of state for the colonies’ to purchase 
a large quantity, deliyery to begin 
in.December ‘and coritinue over the 
following months.” Of this total of 
13,621,806 bushels 10,300 348 were ‘in 
elevators at the head of the lakes and 
thé remaining three and a quarter 
millions in eastern elevators. 

Of the'.grain taken over the gov- 
ernment loaned 7,600,000 bushels to 
millers, ‘released 889,082 bushels to 
fill’ an order placed by the French 
government with the Hudson’s. Bay 
Company; and: ‘for which’ vessels were 
waiting, or arriving at New. York, 
sold ‘1,749,715 bushels at. .comman- 
deer prices, to ‘be replated at Fort 
My) illiam by. January, ,15th;\ released 
7,736,818"'bushels to, ‘Ontario, millers 
to, keep: mills raining” and fulfill 
contracts, released cqnditionally 190-, 
300 bushels commandeered at Fort 
William and held in the east, released 
to exporters to fulfill contracts, 4.175,- 
054. .Upan grain 80 reléased security 
of ten cents per bushel was taken but 
Was 
back... A further amount of 118,649 
bushels was sold_to make up a ship- 
mént:by the Belgian relief committee 
and 75,075 .bushels were relased to 
the’ Scottish Co-operative Wholesale 
society: to ‘complete a contract ship-| 
ment to be-held in ‘store at the re- 
quest of the British government. 


Stopped 8 
Fitst ‘Soldier in the trenches—I was 
really intended. for the church. In 


dained‘last Atrgust: 

Second Soldier— What stopped you, 
then? 

First ditto—This don war. 


about is bein’ identified by a man that 
kep”:his head under the bedclothes the 
whole time. _ That's wrong. ° ‘ 


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Enforce the Blockade 


Admiral Lord Beresford recently 
wrote: 


“If the goverrnment had used our 
sea power as they were legally em 
titled to.do, at the commencement 
of ‘the war, by institutidg an effect 
ive blockade,» and making all gooas 
entering Germany absolute contra 
band, the war would now be over 
This is acknowledged -by the foreign 
office, Every difficulty and every dim 
aster we have met hag been brought 
about by ourselves through want cf 
foresight. Public agitation and the 
press have been the means of forcing 
the government to take up the follow 
ing questions: Munitions, internment 
;of alien enemies, the. Trading with 
the Enemy Act, placing cotton on the 
contraband list, the Munitions Act, 
and the stoppage of German reservists 
proceeding to. Germany. Public agita 
tion will probably compel the govern 
ment to make a fuller and more ef 
ficient use of our sea power, and se 
end the war.” 








Minard’s Liniment Cures Dandruff 
Sanaa 
Aunt—Willie, don’t you want te 
help me freeze the ice cream? 
Willie—Naw! I'll wait an’ help you 
thaw it after it’s froze. 


Could Hardly Live for Asthm 
writes one man, who, after years o 
suffering, has found complete relief 
‘through Dr. J.:D. Kellogg’s Asthma 
Remedy. Now he knows how née 
less has''been his suffering. This 
matchless ‘remedy gives sure help te 
all afflicted with asthma. Inhaled as 
smoke or vapor it brings the help so 
long neded. Every dealer has it oF 
can-get it for you from-his whole 
saler, 








‘The Mistress—My last maid 
too: familiar with the policeman 
hope I can trust you. 
:The'Maid—Oh, yes, madam. I can 
abear ’em. - I've been brought up te 
“ate the very sight of'em. Pa’s a bum 
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lExplosives From - |Canadian Capital 
Air Nitrogen _'To be Replanned 


Process by Which Artificial Substance 
.For Nitrate Is Obtained . 


The process of withdrawing nitro- 
gen from the air for use in manufac- 
turing artificial fertilizers and Migh 
explosive may be seen in operation at 
the new 60,000 horsepower plant at 
‘Odda, in Norway. 

The separation of the nitrogen from 
the oxygen in the air is acconiplished 
by compressing the air into liquid 
form. The nitrogen, which boils first, 
at about 3820 degrees below zero 
(Fahrenlieit) is led away by special- 











AMERICAN PAPERS NOT AFRAID TO [Explosives From Canadian Capital (CANADI PAPERS NOT AFRAID TO. 
TELL OF CANADA'S PROSPERITY 


SOME ASTOUNDING FIGURES ARE PRESENTED 










CANADIANS PUT PRUSSIANS TO 
ROUT IN DARING TRENCH RAID 








Comprehensive Plans For the Beautl- 
fication of Ottawa and Hull 


.. Comprehensive plans for the peauti- 
fication, development and replanning 
of the Canadian capital have been pre- 
sented to parliament. The finance 
minister laid on the table of the house 
the report of the federal town plan- 
hing commission, which was appoint- 
ed in June of 1913, under the chair- 
manship of Sir, Herbert Holt, to draw 
up a plan for the beautification of Ot- 
tawa and Hull, the location and archi- 
tectural character of the public build. 
























Chicago Herald Gives Some Particulars About the Remarkable 
Development of This Country Within Recent Years, and 
Tells How Canada is Gomioa Into Her Own 
od 


Care With Well Water 


Bombing Party Crept Up to German Trenches, Cutting the Barb 
Wire Entanglements, and ina Hand to Hand Engagement 
Carried Everything Before Them 


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In connection with the opening of 


The Canadians have won a reput» 
ghe Chicago Herald's industrial exnibi- 


More Fallacies Exposed 





tion, in the Ashiand pbuilding, corner 
North Clark and Kandall streets, a re- 
cent edition of this paper had the fol- 
lowing to say about the prosperity in 
‘Canada: 

“When Canada closed her books for 
1915 she found her farmers prosper- 
us beyond expectations, her, indus- 
trial plants running overtime, her nat- 
ural resources pouring out wealth 
from hitherto undeveloped sources, 
and her railroads showing the great- 
est net earnings in their history. 

“From twé items alone Canada add- 

ed $900,000,000 in new wealth during 
the year, and over 70 per cent. of it 
Was accumulated during the last six 
months. Her crops returned over 
$400,000,000 and her industries over 
$6500,000,000. Her exports to the Unit- 
ed States in one year increased $100,- 
625,368, and her imports decreased 
$74,504,604. 

“These astounding figures in them- 
selves demonstrate to what an extent 
Canada is coming into her own. Can- 
ada has built on firm foundations. 
Her bank deposits during 1915 in- 
creased over $86,000,000. 

“Important as her industrial growth 
has proved to be, the Dominion did 
not neglect her rich farm territories, 
knowing that upon their development 
depends her growth. No country wrote 
a@ brighter page of history in agricul- 
ture in 1915 than Canada, but an ex- 
traordinary combination of circum- 
stances, the like of which the Amer- 
ican continent may never see again, is 
partly responsible for her success. 
She was. called upon to supply food- 
stuffs for Great Britain, her allies, and 
for her soldiers at the front, and the 
necessity brought corresponding ef- 
fort. She has a new and fertile soil, 
and the weather conditions of the 
year were ideal. Her government's 
policy of encouraging the raising of 
choice grain was never more effec- 
tive. 

“This combination gave the Domin- 
fon farmer a consummation of his 
dreams, “Two in one yield.” Nearly a 
billion bushels of grain were produc- 
ed, and, of this, 336,258,000 were in 
wheat, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and 
Manitoba grew 304,200,000 bushels, the 
remaining 32,$58,000 bushels coming 
from British Columbia, Ontario, Que- 
bec and the maritime provinces. The 
farms of Alberta averaged 36.16 bush- 
els per acre, those of Saskatchewan 
28.75 and those of Manitoba 28.50. 

“This great harvest brought money 

to the prairie provinces, and brought 
it with a rush. Up to November 21 
the Canadian West received 2132,000,- 
000.for its consignment of wheat. 
q, “Canada’s present prosperity, how- 
ever, does not depend only on its land. 
She is working overtime in her fac- 
tories and mines. At the time of the 
outbreak of the war a small arsenal at 
Quebec, employing 300 men, was the 
only plant engaged in the making of 
war munitions in all the Dominion of 
Canada, Today, according to D. A. 
Thomas, envoy of the British minister 
of munitions, 100 villages, towns and 
cities throughout the Dominion ara 
engaged in the making of war sup- 
plies.” 





Mr. Wilkinson, the architect, had 
been invited down to the Clarks’ to 
display the plans of Clark’s new 
house to some guests; 

“Here is the front elevation,” ex- 
plained the architect, as he laid the 
plans on the library table for the in- 
spection of the visitors, “with the out- 
side window and the circular gallery; 
this is the east elevation, showing the 
tower.” = 

After” various comments had been 
made by the guests, little Arthur, aged 
seven, who was enormously interested 
in the new house, cried: 

“And where are the two mortgages 
father said he was going to put on?” 
The Price For Poppy Heads 

In view of the steps being taken in 
this country to restrict the sale of 
laudanum, it may be noted that, ac- 
cording to the board of agriculture, 
the white variety of the opium poppy 
is still grown in several parts of Eng- 
land, notably Lincolnshire. The crop 
fg always a precarious one, but there 
is a steady market. for the poppy 
heads. Belgium used to gupply a pro- 

ortion of the heads used in this coun- 
ag but not sufficient for the loss of 
her crop to cause serious shortage this 
ear. The price paid for poppy heads 

128 to 15s per 1,000 for large size, 

and 8s to 10s for medium, 


Live Stock Values 

The census and statistics office, Ot- 
tawa, places the average value of 
horses in Ontario, at $123; milch cows, 
$61; other cattle, $44; sheep, $8, and 
swine, 15. 

Approximately the total value of 
farm animals in Canada at the end of 
December may be estimated as $750,- 
667,000, compared with $725,530,000 
fm 1914, the values for each descrip- 


tion being as follows: Horses $370,- 
878,000; milch cows, $164,224,000; 
other cattle, $151,477,000; sheep, 


$16,225,000, and swine, $48,363,000. 





“Jones, the new millionaire, is a 
mighty unassuming chap, isn’t he?” 

“Oh, I don’t know. He never im- 
pressed me that way particularly.” 

“Well, he has me. Why, several of 
us were out with him the other night 
and it was quite a party, and, you 
know, no one would ever suspect 
Jones had a cent.” 





The Usual Talk 
“Bay, old man,” quoted the farmer, 
“1 wish you'd train my son to be a 
Aawyer in BE office, There's noth- 


“En ase do it,” assented the lawyer. 
“provided you'll take my son om your 
frm. There's nothing in the law.” 





Pollution Comes From Many Sources 
and Precautions Should be 
Taken 


Melting snow, carrying with it in 
‘solution much of the refuse and de- 
caying matter accumulated during the 
winter, constitutes a serious danger 
to the’ water supply from wells. Many 
wells are s0 constructed as to allow 
surface water to find its way around 
th») tops, while in others, particularly 
dug ‘wells, it seeps in through the 
brick lining near the top. Where there 
is any danger of this pollution it is a 
measure of safety to boil the water be- 
fore it is used for human consump- 
tion, 

For lining dug wells reinforced con- 
crete has been successfully used. Con- 
crete may be made practically imper- 
vious to water, so that a concrete-lin- 
ed dug well can be polluted only from 
the bottom. 

The water supply on the farm is -1l- 
ways an important matter, and ‘oo 
much care cannot be taken in its loca- 
tion and protection. The farm well 
should be placed where the surface 
drainage from all possible sources cf 
contamination is away from the well. 
If possible, it is advisable to provide 
impervious floors with watertight 
drains for farm buildings and stock 
pens. Under the same conditions con- 
crete manure pits might well he pro- 
vided not only to prevent the liquid 
manure from polluting the neighbor- 
ing soil but to save the manure. No 
garbage, manure or rubbish should 
be dumped into sinks or basins in 
the immediate neighborhood, and guch 
basins should be fenced off and: kept 
free from polluting matter. The house 
should be provided ‘with 
method of sewage disposal, while slop3 
and garbage from the kitchen should 
be deposited in tightly covered gar- 
bage cans and disposed of by burying 
in the fields, burning, etc. The use 
of privy vaults and leaching or over- 
flowing cesspools should also be abso- 
lutely avoided, as they are likely to 
be sources of the worst contamination. 


Need of Rotation 


Very Few Farmers Appear to Follow a 
Systematic Rotation 


At dairymen’s conventions, - live 
stock breeders’ meetings, seed grow- 
ers’ conferences, and everywhere else 
where farmers congregate to discuss 
their problems we have been hearing 
speakers emphasize the advantages 
of adopting some good system of crop 
rotation, but’ the speech-making, ,on 
this subject as well as on many 
others seems to have been in vain if 
the first hand information obtaineu 
by the commission of conservation, 
and recently published in their re- 
port, is any criterion. Among the 
100 farmers visited on P.E.I. only 
one is reported as following a really 
systematic rotation. In Nova Scotia 
there were nine, in New Brunswick 
19, while in Quebec, -there were 200 
farms visited and out of this num- 
ber there were none following a short 
rotation, but the majority of them 
left the land in hay and pasture for 
from six to eight years, after which 
they would break it up and reseed 
again to grass and clover. In On- 
tario, among the 200 farmers visited, 
there were only eight following a 
rotation which could be called sys- 
tematic. In the Prairie Provinces a 
rotation including grass and hoed 
crops is almost unknown, ~ 

It is difficult to obtain ac 
ures regarding the annual- s from 
smut, but that it is very great is 
acknowledged, yet out of 600 farmers 
visited in Quebec and the Maritime 
Provinces only three treated their 
seed grain for smut. This is very 
Tegrettable since the treatment is in- 
expensive, simple and effective. In 
the Prairie Provinces ‘nearly every 
farmer treats for smut. 

Every year there is a complaint re- 
garding the difficulty in securing a 
catch of clover and grass. This’ is 
due, it is claimed, to the small 
amount of seed sown per acre. On 
Prince Edward Island the amount of 
clover seed sown per acre is only two 
pounds; in Quebec, it is three 
pounds; while in other provinces it 
is more, but even where the average 
amount sown is largest, it is found 
to be only about half of what it 
should be to secure results. Common 
red clover when sown alone should 
be seeded at the rate of 10.to 12 
pounds per acre, and alsike at the 
rate of eight ‘pounds, 


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Phyllis—Do you know, mother, 
Moses used to have indigestion just 
like you do! 

Mother-—-Why, dear, whatever makes 
you think that? 

Phyllis—Why ‘cos in our Bible les- 

son today Miss Smith said, ‘God gave 
Moses two tablets!" 
. This is a leap year beginning on 
Saturday, containing fifty-three Bat- 
urdays and fifty-three Sundays,’ and 
consequently one such as no person 
under forty years of age ever knew 
before, and such as possibly a very 
few will see again repeated in the 
millennial year, 2,000—eighty-four 
years: hence. 





Too Moderate’ 
“Ie your husband a heavy smoker?” 
“Dear me, no. You've no idea how 
long it takes me to save enovgh 
coupons from his cigars to buy a out 
glass pickle dish.” , 





The Surest Sign 


“The Greens are going to have a 
tonight.” 
























some safe 


-hobbieg of service to the state. 


ly constructed mains, and the oxygen, 
which boils at about 295 below, _ is 
utilized, on account of its intensely 
low tempearture, to assist in the 
liquefaction process. Ultimately it 
escapes into the air again.: — . 

The’ nitrogen gathered in this man- 
ner is put into form for use by com- 
bining it with calcium carbide, a sub- 
stance known to practically every 
automobilist owing to its offensive 
odor. Carbide is made by fusing 
limestone and coal into the intense 
heat of an electric furnace. The 
operation can be performed only 
where electricity is very cheap. When 
carbide is heated in an atmosphere 
of nitrogen it absorbs the nitrogen, 
forming a compound known as nitro- 
lim. This ig the new fertilizing pro- 
duct which Norway is now producing 
on a wholesale scale. 

The power for the gigantic Odda 
plant is furnished by the nearby 
waterfalls. The lime and coal are 
fused together in a series of furnaces, 
each employing 38,000 horsepower, 
All the pyrotechnics of the stee] fur- 
ance are eclipsed when one of the 
great Odda crucibles is tapped, for 
the molten carbide flows forth ;with 
a glare that no man dare face with 
unprotected eyes. 

Meanwhile the profuction of the 
nitrogen is being pursued in another 
department. Air for the purpose is 
drawn in great inlet pipes from the 
mountain tops. This was. found 
necessary because the airin the val- 
ley around the great works was found 
to contain traces of acetylene gas 
from the carbide. Acetylene gas 
under pressure is dangerously explo- 
sive, and even a trace of it in the 
liquefaction plant would be likely to 
cause the destruction of the entire 
plant. 

The nitrogen from the liquefaction 
plant is turned into cylinders filled 
with powdered carbide, which are 
heated from the centre by the passage 
of an electric current through a piece 
of carbon, and as the temperature 
rises the carbide absorbs the nitrogen 
and glows with the heat of chemical 
action. The result is nitrolim, the 
artificial substitute for nitrates and 
natural fertilizers, and the starting 
point of another process for the pro- 
duction of nitric acid and certain high 
explosives. ’ 


Are You in the Line? 


The “Old Scouts” Need You to Fill up 
‘ _ the Ranks { 


“The whole line, will advance.”., 
said Lord Wellington ‘at Waterloo. 
You are possibly anxious to do your. 
bit for yqur country, but have not so 
far found: a line in which you can 
carry this out. Or, it m mey be that you 
are doing your bit, for the time being, 
but would be glad to-do a bit more 
now or later on. May we guggest a 
way? 

Why not become an O!d Scout? The 
ideal of the Boy Scout is a simple 
and practical one, and. easy _ for 
grown-ups to follow.’ It means that 
you do your best to: (1) ‘Do your duty 
to.God and the king; (2) Do your duty 
to your fellow men. This you do by 
carrying into daily practice the spirit 
of the Scout law: A. Scout’s honor is 
to be trusted, a Scout is loyal, a Scout 
is useful, a Scout Is a friend to all and 
a brother to every other Scout, a 
Scout is court a Scout is a friend 
to animals, a t obeys orders, a 
Scout smiles and whistles under ali 
difficulties, a Scout is thrifty, a Scout 
is clean in thought, word and deed. 

You can become an Old Scout (i.e., 
an honorary. member of 
Scouts) by making the followigg pro- 
mise—if possible before a Scout of- 
fier, Scoutmaster, or Commissionér: 
I promise on my honor to do my best 
to :(1) Honor God and the king; (2) 
Do a good turn to someone every day; 
(3) Do what I can to help the Boy 
Scouts by example, instruction or 
otherwise; (4) Make my pursuits or 
If you 
would like to make this promise write 
for a blank torm to the Boy Scout 
Provincial Headquarters, 131-132 In- 
dustrial Bureau, Winnipeg, The form 
merely binds you to do your best for 
your country, and constitutes you one 
of the Brotherhood of Scouts, which 
means that you are expected to . ct 
as a Brother to every other Scout as 
he will act as a Brother to you. When 
this is done we shall be glad to wel- 
come you into the Brotherhood, and 
sincerely hope*that you will find in it 
congenial work, good comrades, happy 
occasions, and satisfaction to your- 
self.—Robert Baden Powell, C. W. 
Rowley, Alex. T.. MacIntosh, 








Great Man's Mood 

“Does it make any ‘difference to 
you whether important people notice 
you or not?” 

“Well, at home I'm not snobbish. 
But I must confess it makes me feel 
better when the janitor says ‘Good 
day,’ and looks genially. approving.” 


Starting the Philanderer 
Staylate (at 11.30, du Bs . pause) — 
A penny for your thoughts, 
Miss Bored—I was just thinking 
that this is Leap Year and— 
Staylate (rising hastily) —I—er— 
guess I'll be going. 





Outshown 
“What is the band playing?” . 
“‘See — the Conquering Hero 
Comes.’” 
“Where is the conquering hero?” 
“You SOARS see him for the recep- 
tion commi 





“He is some painter, believe me.” 


rt 
m “How do you know. Beon invitedt”| ‘To what school does he belong?” 


“No. Mrs. Green was over to bor 
row our silverware” 


pd the utilitarian,” 
“Ob. signs and fences” 































So 


the Boy. 


ings, park systems, traffic and trans- 
portation arrangements, etc. 

The commissioners, after two years 
of very careful and expert investiga- 
tion, have ‘matte:.elaborate recom- 
mendations for a federal district and 
a federal capital rivalling in beauty, 
convenience and impressiveness what 
has been done at Washington of at 
any other capital cities of the world. 
The plans along which development 
should proceed are given, but there 
is no estimate of cost. In this respect, 
however, the co-:nmissioners declare 
that the expenditure could run over 
a series of years, and the return in 
beauty and in the industrial econo- 
mies of city organization would be 
commensurate with the total cost. 

The members of the commission 
consisted of Sir Herbert S. Holt, Sir 
Alexander Lacoste, Frank Darling of 
Toronto and R. Home Smith of To- 
ronto, and the mayors of Ottawa and 
Hull. The chief consultant on city 
planning was Mr. E.:-H. Bennett, and 
the consulting engineer, Mr. BE. L. 
Cousins. Under them there has been 
an expert working staff, preparing the 
detailed plans of improvement and a 
comprehensive ary ey of Ottawa and 
its environments. 

The commission strongly recom- 
mends that nothing of the elaborate 
nature suggested should:be attempted 
without first establishing a federal 
district and securing for the federal 
authorities adequate control of local 


government, as has been done at 
Washington. The proposed federal 
district should extend from Chats 


Falls, at the head of Lake Deschenes, 
some thirty miles east of Ottawa, to 
about four miles east of the present 
city limits, and about ten miles north 
and south from Parliament Hill. 

Another main _ proposal is the es- 
tablishment of a national -park or 
forest reserve in the Laurentian Hills 
and on'the slopes on the-north side 
of the Ottawa River. An area of 
from 75,000 to 100,000 acres, the re- 
port says, can be secured at com- 
paratively small cost, which could be 
preserved for all time to the people 
of Canada, and, which would afford 
an excellent fish and game preserve 
within a very few miles of the capital 
for all’ years to come. 





Money-Making Devices 





Many New and Clever Devices in Use 
as a Result of the War 


Not since the great cycle boom a 

quarter of a century ago have British 
inventors made more money on pat- 
ented devices than during the present 
war. : 
. One of the fortunate inventors of 
the modern hand grenade, used so et- 
fectively in the allied trenches, is re- 
ported to have netted upward of seven 
hundred thousand dollars in royalties. 
The inventor of the Gardwell machine 
gun is reputed to be richer by three 
thousand dollars, in addition to a roy- 
alty of fifteen dollars per gun manu- 
factured. The ingenious designer of 
the “Bors” periscope trench rifle, with 
Which the Australians are equipped, 
has received a large sum for his,patent 
rights. A life-saving appliance in gas 
attacks brought its owners orders 
valued at two hundred thousand dol- 
lars. Numerous patents have been 
taken out for adapting and simplifying 
existing machinery for the manufac- 
ture of munitions and other articles. 
The majority of the successful war 
inventions were put to commercial 
use before submitting them to the 
government. For instance, a special 
box for carrying hand grenades can 
be used for other purposes when the 
war is over, and the inventor already 
has laid the foundations for a most 
lucrative business. Some of the most 
striking inventions are a non-inflam- 
mable substitute for celluloid, a sub- 
stitute for glass, a process for treating 
municipal refuse, removing the solder, 
tin and chemicals from scrap, tinned 
and galvanized articles, and for utiliz- 
ing the base metal. This new British 
industry, formerly monopolized by 
Germany, will, it is claimed, employ 
thousands of partially disabled sold- 
iers after the war. 

Time and labor saving devices are 
in great demand. The war has shaken 
the British manuafcturer out of the 
conservative rut in which he has 
lived. He now appreciates the advan- 
tage of automatic labor-saving mach- 
inery in competing with foreign goods, 
and is discarding his obsolete plant. 
In the homes of the people the same 
revolution is taking place. Labor-say- 
ing devices in the house and methods 
of economy hitherto unknown are 
making considerable headway in pub- 
lic. favor. In the office there is an 
insistent demand for labor-saving 
methods. A fortune awaits the indiv- 
idual who will invent a machine that 
will automatically type letters from 
dictation,—Toronto Globe. 








Canada May Ship Potatoes to U.S. 

An order authorizing permits for 
the importation of potatoes from Can- 
ada, subject to new regulations which 
have been accepted by the Canadian 
government, is announced by the de- 
partment of agriculture. 

Canada having agreed that all pota- 
toes offered for export to the United! 
States must be free from injurious 
disease and insect pests, imports from 
the Dominion will be exempted from 
the requirement of inspection, and 
certification before shipment. They 
will be subject to the usual inspection 
on arrival. 


John—The French have gained 400 
metres from the enemy. 

Auntie—How splendid! That should 
help to put @ stop to those dreadful 
cas attacks! 


ee lll 


CANUCKS WIN REPUTATION AS GOOD FIGHTERS 


tion as good fighters in hand-to-hand 
;encounters. Their ability in this re 
spect was lately demonstrated when 
an expedition of 25 started out on @ 

6. They quote statements favorable | {Tench raid and returned with 23, haw 
to the use of aicohoi, said to have |!8 accounted for about double their 
been. made by eminent physiologists at ;2Umber and destroyed .two machine 


vot 





Pertinent Answers to the Arguments 
Used by the Liquor Interests 





guns and a considerable portion 
trench. 

There had been a certain livelb 
ness in the German trenches and a 
{bombing attack was pianned. 
darkness fell 
crept forward, 
'A false move, 


@ couvention in Camoriuge; among 
those present was the ceievrated Dr. 

Michael Fosver, They didnt teil us | 
that that was iong years ago, lor Dr. 
Foster was a distinguished man, ad 
vanced in years when | wus a student. | 
I doubt if they can point to one singie 
book on medical practice published in 


When 

the’ bomb-throwers 
making siow progress, 
a cough or a sound of 


the last ten years that does not de- any kind meant instant death. The 
finitely teach that aicohoiic liquors Prussian guards in the German 
increase the liability to disease, es-' trenches were apparently in merry 
pecially consumption. tiven tie lund | mood, and snatches of a love-song 
book prepared oy military doctors in came occasionally from the trench 
1911 for the guidance of tue Koyal! At last a barbed-wire entangle 
Army Medical Corp teaches that, ana|ment was reached. They were stout 
also that it lessens the eificiency of ;er than had been anticipated. It took 
the men and jnucreases tie tenuency,a long time, but the barrier was cut 
to disease, and advises tuat it be not; There was a delay. Another party 
permitted on the march. further along the line was not yet 
7. They say that the drunkard is ready for the final Tush. Patiently they 
the prohipitionists’ onsy asset. Oh, no, Waited, they even joined in whispers 
not by aby means; we have many ser-|At length the signal came that the 
ious charges against the liquor traf-, other party was ready to advance 


fic of which I shall mention oniy oue. | 
The taxes actually coilecied in the 
nine wettest siates in 1914 were 60% 
higher than in tie eignt pronibition 
States. Why should i be taxed to 
care for tne paupers, orphans and 
criminals that they make’ ‘Tne hi- 
cense fees do not pay a quarter or the} 
expenses they cause. 


| 8. They say that domestic ughappi- 


ness frequently causes drunkeuness, 
nstead of drunkenness causing domes- 


The Canadians bounded forward. A 
| Prussian sentry started up to sound 
the alarm, but he was shot dead by 
the officer. 

The Prussians were now 
Flares burst out ail along the line 
and revealed a trench full of Prus- 
sian Guards: The Canadians rushed 
in, throwing their bombs and bayonet- 
ing freely. Their leader was already 
wounded. The Guardsmen had -been 
taken by surprise and rushed in con- 
fusion from their dug-outs. One of 
them held up his hands and shouted 
in English that he wished to surren- 
der, but a rifle pointing from behind 


aroused. 


tic unhappiness. Isn’t that gali? If 
that be true how is it that in Canada 
the provinces that have most local 
prohibition have the least crime and 


the provinces that have least local|through his upraised arms revealed 
prohibition have neariy forty times|the ruse. A revolver bullet settled 
as much crime ag Prince Edward Is-|the first man’s account and the 


second went down with 
in his chest. 

Farther up the line a machine gua 
was just beginning to get danger 
ous when a well directed bomb sent 


land, whica is entirely under prohibi- 
tion? 

9. They are getting very anxious 
about the condition of the church, and 
fear that it is going to the bad, but it 


a bayonet 


i f “aus it into space. Hand-to-hand, ‘the 
is worthy of note that the cause ot | 't C . . 

their anxiety is the. growing tendency | Canadians exacted a heavy toll. They 
of the church to advocate prohibition. | Carried everything before them, and 


at the end could go no farther, as a 
heap of dead bodies and demolished 
trench barred the way. 

The return journey to the British 
trenches had to be made acrosa a 
bulletswept area. One man was 
dragging back the body of a com- 
rade, while another was supporting 
a wounded companion. The Canad- 
jans halted for an instant while a 
bomb was thrown. It was the luck 
jest shot of the whole night. It. fell 
right on the machine gun which was 
most dangerous, silencing it. 





10. They say that one of the great- 
est evils confronting us today is the 
spread of the monstrous theory that 
law can take the place of moral edu- 
cation, 
such a nonsensical theory 
certainly not ‘in Canada or 


That is too-bad, but where is 
taught? 
in any 
English 
many 


speaking country. 
laws are prohibitive, 


A great 
but they 
seem to object to only the one that 
would prevent them selling booze. 

11. They say that without booze 
on which to practice self-control, men 
would “lose all sense of responsibility 
and gradually sink down until they 
become prohibitionists.” I suppose 
like Lioyd George and Kitchener and 
Sir David Béatty and Sir Frederick 


Treves and thousands of other great 


Germany and the States 

An open quarrel between Germany 
and the United States would not be am 
unmixed blessing for us. We should 
lose the tireless and humane services 
of the American diplomats, Mr. Gerard 
in Berlin, Mr. Brand Whitlock in Brus- 
sels, Mr. Penfield In’ Vienna, and Mr, 
Morgenthau in Constantinople. These 
geutiemen have put this country un- 
der a deep obligation that will not 
soon be forgotten. On the other hand 
the blockade difficulty would be, solv- 
ed, and the moral effect of America's 
action on neutral opinion and policy 
would,be tremendous. Germany, im 
deed, Has 80 much to lose by antagon- 
izing the great republic that we be 
lieve that, if the administration is 
firm, she will eat her leek at the 
eleventh hour—but she will not forget 
and she will never forgive!—Londoa 
Chronicle. 


erate 


and good men They seem to des- 
pise such men as these ag the dirt 
under their feet. It is hard account- 
ing for tastes.—H. Arnott, M.b., M.C 
P.S. 
Not What He Expected 

As the brisk philanthropist thrust 
her fare into the taxi driver’s hand 
she saw that he was wet and appar- 
ently cold aiter the half hour of pour- 
ing rain. 

“Do you ever take anything when 
you get soaked through?” she asked. 

“Yes, ma'am,” said the driver, with 
humility. “I generally do.” 

“Wait here just a minute,” 
manded the philanthropist; 
run up her steps, inserted her key 
in the lock and opened the door and 
vanished, to reappear iu a moment. 
When she had come down to the taxi- 
man she gave him a small envelope. 
“There are some two-grain aspirin 
tablets,” said she; “you take two of 
them now and two more in an hour.” 


com- 
and the 





He Won It 

A schoolmaster once said to his 
pupils, “To the boy who makes the 
best composition in five minutes on 
‘How to Overcome Habit,’ I will give 
a prize.” 

When the five minutes had expired 
a lad of nine years stood up and 
said; 

“Well, sir, habit 1s hard to over 
come. If you take off the first letter 
it does not change ‘abit.’ If you take 
off still another letter you still have 

a ‘bic’ left. If you take off still an- 
aitee the whole of ‘it’ remains. If 
you take off another it is not totally 
used up—all of which goes to show 
that if you want to get rid of habit 
you must throw it off altogether,” 

Result—-he got the prize. 


Breeds of Horses in Saskatchewan 

From the first of August, 1912, to 
December 31 last, 3,903 stallions were 
enrolled under the Saskatchewan 
horse breeders act. Of these, 2,816 
were pure bred. Clydes numbered 
1,719, Percheron 611, Standard Bred 
175 and Belgian draft 117, Shires 
came next with 66 and Hackney fol- 
lowing with 61. Of those not pure- 
bred 032 were classed as scrubs. 

“Dose Irish makes me sick, alvays 
talking about vat great fighters dey 
are,” said one German to another on 
the train. 

“Why, at Bertha’s vedding der odd- 
er night dot drunken Mike Mulligan 
butted in, und me und mein brudder 
und mein cousin Fritz und mein 
friendt Louis Hartmann—vhy, ve pret- 
\ ty near kicked him oudt of der house.” 
— Boston Transcript. 


Switzerland’s national defence is a 
nailonal compulsory service system. 
Every man, with a few minor excep- 
tions, is Hable for service between 
the ages of 17 and 48. At the age 
of 20 the recruit is trained for from 
60 to 90 days, depending on the 
branch of the service he chooses to 
enter. Then he is enrolled in the 
“Auszug,” or “Elite,” in which he 
has to train eleven days a year for 
seven of the years upsto the age of 
82. From 82 to 40 he is a member 
of the “Landwehr” and trains once 
every fotr years, after which he ie 
retired into the last ling reserves, 
where he stays until he reaches the 
age of 48. 


It is reported that the British 
board* of agricilture are framing a 
great scheme, for the employment or 
female labor on the land, and an ac- 
tive canvass may shortly be com- 
menced, 400,000 women will be’ re- 
quired to take the places of the male 
agriculturists who have joined the 


colors. Here is a specimen of Australiam 


frightfulness found in the advertising 
columns of a Melbourne paper: 
“We refuse to supply the Kaiser 
with ——’s herbal skin ointment. Let 
him suffer.” 
Fven the thickest: skin must feel 
this. —~Mealncheater Guardian, 


Scottish Farmer to Waiter—Hi, my 
mon! Come here. What's the two 
spoons for?” 7 

Waiter—The large one is for soup, 
and the small one for pudding, sir. 

Farmer—Hoots, mon, tak’ awa’ that 
sma’ ane. I've as big a mooth for 
puddin’ as I have for soop. 





The editor. handed the manuscript 


ernie Ga ig back after hastily scrutinizing the 


“He is a big man—in his own opin- 


sheets, and said in a lofty manners 
a don’t print any such stuff as 
that 

“Well, you needn't be so hanugh 
about it,” retorted the Spasmod! 


the only 


- 


ion 
“Don's see how that could be,” 
“Never thought he had the capacity | Contributor. “You're not 
to carry an opinion of any dimension.” Jone who won't ‘print it 


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Communication. 


Editor Alderson. News 
Dear Sir— 

With surprice, yea with 
very much surprise I have read 
the little piece in your valuable 
paper of March 23rd re Tripola and 
Brutus about a claim made by H. 
Johnson, re Tr'pola, and the claim 
raised by your Brutus Correspondent 

I beg to state that both of the 
gentlemen are wrong. Neither of 
them has apparently been around 
Tide Lake or they wouldnt take 
statements about Brutus or Trip- 
ola, By Gum. 

Tide Lake thats the place by Jup- 
iter! Listen! 

As for gheat at 72 busnels per 
acre and oats at: 102 peracre, Well 
our imagination does not ron that 
high. Let Brutus claim that but for 
Vegetables, Oh. Heavings! 

We grew beets, names sent on 
repuest, and by Golly they grew 
so big that the parts above Jooked 
like new Towers of Babel. In fact 
one grew so big that the elements 
working at its growth got oonfiieed 
and quit at the 50th story. 

Further we have grown Tormat- 





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te 


THE ALDERSON PHARMACY 


S. F. McEWEN, M. D. proprietor 








Owing to 
circumstances | have 
decided to continue 
my practise in Alder- 
son. Dr. McEwen. 

















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The Palace Ice Cream Parlor | 
R. H. THORNTON, Proprietor. 
Menu Drinks 
Ice Cream Sundaes.. .10 Soda Phosphates .............. 05 
Fruit Sundaes _.._......... . 15 Ice Cream Soda 10 
Nut Sundaes... 15) Grape Juice..... ... sts ne AD. 
Fruit and NutSundaes... .20 Lemonade sabia cami alee 
Banana Solit Sundae... .20 Egg Malted Milk... 00. .29 
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= |oes that a slice of one woul! cover 


100 sq feet. 

Carrots as big as Cedar posts, eh 
Brutus? Well let me tell you that 
those would look like regular tooth 
picka alongside the ones we grew. 
Yes Sir. Beans grewso big that a 
number of people had to go Drum- 
monds for wash boilers to cook them 
as the ordiuary pots wouldnt hold 
one bean. 

Brutus also blows about Onions, 
Well they. can have that honor too 
We Tide Lake people knew all the 
time that they would carry off that 
prize We didnt need to read the 
News for that! No. Sir whenever 
the wind came from the S E we 
could smell them 

Now Mr. Editor and Readcis the 
forgoing facts are ‘enough proof that 
Tripola nor Brutus are the only dots 
onthemap. They might le- for 
imaginative products; but as for 
realities? There is only one place. 
TIDE LAKE. 

I remain, 
Yours very tiuly, 
R. Huisman jr. 
Tide Lake. 


2. 


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Mra. Frank Steed was removed 


to Medicine Hat and will receive| Rev. 


further Medical aid for her recent 
injuries received in the auto acci- 
dent. 


iHE N&Ws, ALDERSON A 


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cert Gy 
Sdldiet’s Tobacco Fund 
Ra. Ramorils Thets 
Frank L Brown 5Neta 


W S$ Benjamin. 50cts 
Carl Nelson } 5Octs 
Geo Russell - 50cts 
Roy Fradkin, 2bte 
Jno Wray 60cts 
Hans Hahson 5Nets 
AJ Drummond _ BDets 
FS Shields 25cts 
OS Frisley 26ate 
Jhn. Dixon . 50cts 
A Well Wisher 50 cts 
L P Nelson 25ot® 
Don Brenner 25ete 
HW Johnson 50ete 
J A Clarke HOcts 
W D MacKay © 5Octs 
W. G. Scol'ard 1.C0 
Total to Date $9.00 








Market Prices 


Wheat No. 1 $0.94—No 2. 80 91 
-- No. 8, 0.87 — Oats, .30¢. -- 
Flax, $1.65. ‘ 

PROVISIONS 
Eggs, .[5cts. 


Butter, /35« 





; ‘DAVIDSON & BEATTIE 
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, 
Solicitors for the Quekec 
Bank etc. 
R. B. Davideon. W. Bi attie. 


4, Hull Block, MEDICINE HAT 
| ALBERTA 


DENTISTRY 
Dr. J, CLEARY WRAY 
Will visit A’defson on tle 
following Wednesday: :-- 
April sth. and 9th. 
May 8rd. and I7th. 


i oneeantacenatinitt antenna inaninnitetafininintteninentanton 


Church Notices. 
CHURCH OF ENGLAND 


A. Cyril Swainson, Vicar 


5tm. Suxnpay ry Lent 





ALpERSON, Evensong, 3 p:m. 


Rutledge Stubb:, Dominion Meat |Surrmup, Evensong, 7-30 p.m. 
Inspector of Edmonton was a guest | Wednesday Evensong, 7-30 p.m. 


Inst week of his cousin, 
Stubbs. 


Martin 


Milo Huffman who attended the 
Olds Agricultural College last wint- 
er has returned to Alderson and _ is 
again on the News staff. Mr .J. A 
Clark has taken a pogition:at Mon- 
itor, Alta. 

Colin Dewhurst of Suffield was 
a visitor totown on Monday. 





METHODIST SERVICES 


Alderson: 7:30 p. m; 


Sunday 
School 11 a.m. 


A cordial invitation is extended 
to all to attend these services. 


Rev. T. Taylor Pastor 





—_~ ——. 


The Grain Exchange Barber Shop 
C.J; STEELE. PROF. 


Having taken over the entire business from 
A. J. Theroux, | am prepared to do business 
at the old stand. 


TOBACCOS, CIGARS, etc. SOFT DRINKS 


Agency MEDICINE HAT LAUNDRY. Basket goes Monday, returns on Thursday 








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SEED GRAIN GROWN | | 
FROM PEDIGREED SEED | 





800 bus. PREMOST FLAX Fanned ready for drill, all noxious 
weeds hand pulled in growing crop. $2.35 per bus. 


3,000 bus. FAMOUS BARLEY OATS. Weight by elevator 
test, 43lbs. per bushel. 38c. per bus. 


MARQUIS WHEAT. Only a few bushels left. $1.10 per bus! 
POTATOES excellent for either seed or use. $1.00 per bus 


| 








Samples -f Grain m-y be seen at my farm at Brutus 
or at Drummond’s store, 


PRESENT PRICES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 








W. H. McEWEN, BRUTUS P, O. 


J. J. LAIT 


850A 4th Street, MEDICINE HAT, Alta. 


Phone 2504 


Farmers 


‘Buy a Big Bull Gas Tractor to-day 





—— 


’ Terms:---$100 with 


epee 


Price only $775 f.0.b. Medicine Hat 





order, balance $675 


when engine is delivered. 


Plus freight to point of destination, 





F, C.Woolven 
The Old Reliable 


Pioneer Store 


—Spring Goods— 


In connection withthe Spring 

housework if you need any 

_Linoleum don’t forget our big 
stock of Fine Paterns. 





Do you need any milk pans? 


We have them. 





We have in stock a fine choice 
of Stationery. 





Our Shoe stock is complete. 








Place your Spring order fo 
Groceries with us. 


F. C. Woollven 























CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 
WESTBOUND 
No.3. 11.15 a.m. 
No. 1 °11.41 p. m. 


No. | stops only tolet passengers off. 


No. 4 8.20 p.m. 


EASTBOUND 








THE ALBERTA FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE 
ELEVATOR COMPANY, 








Mr. Farmer:--If in need of Flour or 


Feed, call at the 
‘FARMER’S ELEVATOR 


and get our prices. 








$21.00 per ion 
$19.00 per ton 
$2.75 per cwt